A paradox of the U.S. election system is that U.S. adult citizens who live in foreign countries are permitted to vote in U.S. elections (in the state in which they lived before they moved abroad). But if U.S. adult citizens move to a U.S. possession, they can’t vote in the state in which they lived before moving to the possession.
Many lawsuits have been filed to upset this system. A new one was filed on October 8 in U.S. District Court in Hawsaii, by six voters who now live in Guam. Reeves v Nago, 1:20cv-433. Here is the Complaint.
A somewhat similar lawsuit won in U.S. District Court in Utah last year. However, the U.S. District Court Judge stayed his own opinion while the federal government appealed to the Tenth Circuit. Fitisemanu v USA, 20-4017. That case was argued on September 23, 2020, and no decision has been issued yet. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the news about the new Reeves case.
Moving O-U-T has consequences.
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UNIFORM definition of elector-Voter in ALL of the USA –
USA Citizen + 18+ years olde. PERIOD —
NOOOO criminal / mental/ etc add-on stuff.
I actually agree with the Demo on this one. You move, you lose.
Does the difference hinge on the voter’s permanent residence? About ten years ago I lived for several years in Japan but under California law I was able to maintain my residence, driver’s license, voter registration in California. But my intent was to return to California after returning from Japan. While in Japan I always considered California as my legal residence.
A curious feature of the 23rd amendment is that it is up to Congress to decide who may vote for electors from the District of Columbia. In theory, Congress could, by the simple passage of a law, expand the right to vote for DC electors to include citizen voters resident in any, or all, of the US territories.
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Move OUT to foreign nation —
different than move OUT to a USA State / colony part of USA.
14-1 State citizens *reside*.
Obviously all sorts of private biz folks and USA/State public folks residing in foreign nations
– for longer or shorter time periods.