The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Segovia v U.S., 17-1463, on June 7, 2018. This is the case from Illinois over voting rights for U.S. citizens who move out of Illinois to certain U.S. territories. If a citizen-resident of Illinois moves to American Samoa or the Northern Mariana Islands, he or she can continue to vote absentee in Illinois. Also if a citizen-resident of Illinois moves to a foreign country, he or she can also continue to vote in Illinois elections by absentee ballot.
But if an Illinois citizens-resident moves to Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands, that individual cannot continue to vote in Illinois elections. The lower courts had upheld this system.
The U.S. government has told the U.S. Supreme Court that it does not wish to file a response. Six law professors have filed an amicus, asking the Court to hear the case. They are Samuel Issacharoff, Joshua Douglas, Chad Flanders, Joseph Fishkin, Nicholas Stephanopoulos, and Ciara Torres-Spelliscy.
DEFINITION OF ELECTOR-VOTER IN IL ???
14 AMDT, SEC 1 — CITIZEN OF STATE —
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
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NONE OF THE USA COLONIES ARE A *STATE*.
ONE MORE MORON CASE — BY THE USUAL SUSPECTS.
Also — The usual suspects want lots of those *world citizens* voting in USA elections
— esp for USA Prez/VP and the gerrymander USA Congress.
One more step to Civil WAR II.
A legal distinction does exist between American Samoa and Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam. American Samoa is not organized and has no organic act, thus native American Samoans are not naturally citizens but instead are American nationals. The Northern Mariana islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin islands are all organized territories, and thus their inhabitants are American citizens from birth. Wake Island and the other minor territories are all also unorganized. I think if residency of a voter shifts to an organized territory, then the “state” citizenship would also shift to the organized territory in which the individual resides. I am not aware as to how residency in American Samoa affects ones right to vote in American Samoa, but the other unorganized territories have no civil governments and thus no right to vote attaches with residency on Wake Island, Palmyra, or Midway (the only other unorganized territories in which people reside).
AAP–
How many of inhabitants in the colonies are military folks — on 24/7 alert for enemy attacks ???
Answer — one more top secret.
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Const Amdt —
Uniform definition of Elector-Voter in ALL of the USA — including colonies.
Brit elite failure to have such = 1775-1783 American Rev. WAR.
1970 IL Const as of 2005 – spacing added between sentences
Article 3. Suffrage and Elections
SECTION 1. VOTING QUALIFICATIONS
Every United States citizen who has attained the age of 18 or any other voting
age required by the United States for voting in State elections and who has been a permanent
resident of this State for at least 30 days next preceding any election shall have
the right to vote at such election.
The General Assembly by law may establish registration
requirements and require permanent residence in an election district not to exceed thirty
days prior to an election.
The General Assembly by law may establish shorter residence
requirements for voting for President and Vice-President of the United States.
SECTION 2. VOTING DISQUALIFICATION
A person convicted of a felony, or otherwise under sentence in a correctional
institution or jail, shall lose the right to vote, which right shall be restored not later than
upon completion of his sentence.