What does the federal UOCAVA acronym mean?
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. In 1986, Congress updated and consolidated the provisions of the 1955 Act and the Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1974 into the UOCAVA. It requires that states and territories allow members of the U.S. Uniformed Services, their family members, and U.S. citizens residing abroad to register and vote absentee in elections for Federal offices.