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Offline TequilaChaser

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« on: November 01, 2004, 07:08:41 PM »
someone care to explain to me how people can live in Isreal or Pakistan or any other country , yet be eligible to vote for a President in the US?

I am not refering to military people, or government people assigned over seas.......

Talking about people who actually Live there, year in and year out yet still retain their eligibility requirements to vote!
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« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2004, 07:09:57 PM »
They are citizens of the US.
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« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2004, 07:43:31 PM »
citizen , hogwash, they are not in a state, so they should lose their eligibility, if a person is registered to vote in state, then moves they lose the eligibility to vote in that state, and have to register in the state they live in before they can vote again.........

so how do they maintain their eligibility if they live outside of the state?

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« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2004, 07:45:38 PM »
That is the only reason, they are still citizens, their place of residence is technically where they were when then left. So if you lived in say Bum**** Ny and went Paris to study for a semester. You would still be eligible to vote as a resident of NY because that is your permenant residence.

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« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2004, 07:53:13 PM »
Ok JBA, Stuka I can understand the difference in Permanent Residence and temporary, but the news said some of these people live there permanently. so if they live there permanently how come they are still allowed to vote?

I understand where ya'll are coming from, but it is not in relation to what the news described. Also, I do not believe most things I see on the news, but this one report caught my eyes and ears, and made me curious how these people retain the ability to vote.
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« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2004, 07:55:10 PM »
I could be mistaken, but these folks are still required to pay taxes. Seems only fair they can vote.

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« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2004, 08:24:10 PM »
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I could be mistaken, but these folks are still required to pay taxes. Seems only fair they can vote.


I doubt it: you usually pay tax in the country you are a resident of.

Basically permanent residency does not mean citizenship in most countries (inlcuding the US, UK and Australia), so the that by becoming a permanent resident of another country you still remain a citizen of your home country which usually means you are still allowed to vote (for UK citizens this only applies for 15 years: after that you are not allowed to vote).