ILLINOIS TO HOLD A SPECIAL GENERAL ELECTION ON MARCH 8, 2008 FOR
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE 14TH DISTRICT

On Saturday, March 8, 2008 there will be a special general election in 14th
Congressional District of Illinois to fill the seat of Representative Dennis
Hastert. To determine if your legal residence is in the 14th Congressional
District,  you can click on "Communicating with Your Elected Officials",
then "Who is my Representative?" at the Federal Voting Assistance Program
(FVAP) website, www.fvap.gov/comm/communicating.html.

The candidates are:

Republican Party

Jim Oberweis

Democratic Party

Bill Foster

VAOs should contact those citizens they assist who are Illinois voters and
inform them of this news release and provide help to them in returning their
absentee ballot.

REGISTERING TO VOTE AND REQUESTING A BALLOT:
All members of the U.S. Uniformed Services, their family members and
citizens residing outside the U.S. who are Illinois residents from the 14th
District should request a ballot for this special general election by
completing and submitting a Federal Post Card Application (FPCA), SF-76, as
soon as possible, if you have not done so already in calendar year 2008. The
online version of the FPCA is available from the FVAP website at
www.fvap.gov/pubs/onlinefpca.html.

Specific instructions for Illinois are available at:
http://www.fvap.gov/pubs/vag/pdfvag/il.pdf.

Voters who are Illinois residents from the 14th District and requested a
ballot for the Presidential and State Primary on February 5, 2008 will
automatically receive this ballot, and need not take any further action.

The County Clerk or Board of Election Commissioners must receive request for
absentee ballot not later than Tuesday, February 26, 2008.

Illinois allows members of the U.S. Uniformed Services and their family
members to send the FPCA for ballot request by fax. After faxing, submit the
original FPCA by mail. Use the following toll-free fax numbers for the U.S.
and Canada: 1-800-368-8683, (703) 693-5527 or DSN 223-5527 (military). At
http://www.fvap.gov/services/tollfree.html#fax, there is a list of
additional toll-free fax numbers from overseas countries

Illinois does not allow faxing of the FPCA for registration.

APPLICATION FOR BALLOT BY PROXY:

If you are a member of the uniformed Service, and your spouse, dependent,
mother, father, sister, or brother is registered to vote in your election
precinct of voting residence, he or she may use a special application
provided by the election official to request that an absentee ballot be
mailed to you.

RECEIVING YOUR BALLOT:

Illinois does not allow you to receive the blank ballot by fax.

RETURNING YOUR BALLOT:

When returned, your ballot will be counted if it arrives at the appropriate
board of elections not later than March 29, 2008, as long as it is
postmarked by midnight on March 7, 2008.

Illinois does not allow return of the voted ballot by fax.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

State specific information on your precinct, candidates, elections, and
voting is available at the Illinois State Board of Elections website,
http://www.elections.state.il.us/.

The FVAP can be contacted via 1-800-438-8683. Citizens may reach the FVAP
toll-free from 67 countries using the toll-free numbers listed on the FVAP
website, www.fvap.gov/services/tollfree.html. Questions regarding the above
may also be referred to the Director, Federal Voting Assistance Program,
Department of Defense, 1155 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC, 20301-1155,
vote@fvap.ncr.gov and on the World Wide Web at
www.fvap.gov.