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Steve Wible, a missionary who has lived in Hong Kong for 20 years, said he has not voted in the past four or five U.S. presidential elections. But this year is different.

"I am far more energized for this election," Wible, a Pennsylvania voter, said after completing his ballot at the U.S. consulate in the southern Chinese city. "I looked at my wife as we were watching TV and seeing the debates and saying, 'we need to have our voice heard this time.'"

An unknown number of the estimated 4 million to 5 million American civilians living outside the United States, as well as hundreds of thousands of military personnel, have cast absentee votes sent to them by their home state, while others have had to submit a federal emergency write-in ballot. Read full article »

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