Oral Argument Set in Lawsuit Over Voting Rights for U.S. Citizens who Move to Guam

Posted on by July 30, 2021

U.S. District Court Judge Jill Otake will hear Reeves v Nago, 1:20cv-433 (U.S. District Court in Hawaii), on August 13 at 9 a.m. This is the case over voting rights for U.S. citizens who move to Guam or the U.S. Virgin Islands. Under federal law, they can’t vote, yet if they had moved to a foreign country, they could have continued to vote absentee in the states in which they had lived before they moved abroad.

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Oral Argument Set in Lawsuit Over Voting Rights for U.S. Citizens who Move to Guam — 38 Comments

  1. They can vote, but only in territorial elections. The best remedy for this would be to exempt territorial residents from federal income taxes.

  3. This is interesting how does it effect Swains Island a guano island attached to American Samoa in 1925. It is an island that was privately owned since 1856 by an American Citizen who purchased it from the British
    Discovering sea Captain.

  4. There are still Japanese gun emplacements and bunkers on Guam.

    There are even Spanish ruins of the Governor’s House and the fort overlooking Umatac Bay where Magellan landed.

  5. @ MS:

    According to the Wikipedia article on Swain’s Island:

    “The 2010 census counted 17 people in 6 households. There were 8 males (ages 20 to 61) and 9 females (3 under age 18, 6 ages 18 to 61). There were 11 U.S. nationals (8 born in American Samoa, and 3 in the United States) and 6 foreign nationals (4 born in Samoa, 1 in Tokelau, and 1 in the Philippines). They reported their ethnic origins as 15 Samoans, 1 Tokelauan, and 1 Filipino. Of the 16 people over age 5, 15 spoke mainly Samoan, and 1 spoke another Oceanic language, but all also spoke English.”

    Presumably, the 11 US nationals would be eligible vote in elections in American Samoa, but no where else in the US.

  7. Walter Ziobro,

    Where is the person born in Tokelau and when? The islands of Tokelau were all guano islands. The Jones Act applies to the Guano Island and not to American Samoa or Swains Island. The Jennings Family are also from Tokelau as is the current Governor of American Samoa.
    They are all dependents of the King of Bowditch.

  8. Sidenburg would know all about guano, since he spreads birther guano in another thread here, and lays it on real thick.

  9. Why do weirdos who name their children “Geronimo” think “birther” is a pejorative?

  10. Why does the weirdo fascist troll of many characters, who is most likely Andy, spread batshit birther baloney? Is it real mental illness? Rubles from Putin? Racism? Retardation? Raging Nazism? Perhaps all of the above.

    Why does this antisemitic energized bunny of propaganda guano name himself after a Jewish libertarian? And what the Fuck is the nonsense babbling about naming some kid Geronimo? Is he hearing voices in his head?

  11. Walter, under the US Constitution, American citizens who earn money within the 50 are supposed to be exempt from federal income tax.

  12. I do not do any trolling.

    The evidence that Barack Obama submitted a forged birth certificate is pretty compelling.

  13. Chances are very high you do tons of trolling as the multiple fascist, far right, bigot, antisemite, racist , conspiracy nut, perverted trolls with delusions of persecution and grandeur that have plagued this site every since you got kicked off some crappy blog for trolling and spreading your bigotry, conspiracy theories, perversion, and paranoia there.

  14. The evidence of a forged birth certificate is total bat guano spread by bigots and sore losers.

  16. I see trolling as a cowardly, weaselly thing to do. I do not respect trolls. I have never liked trolls. They are the scum of the internet.

  19. If you aren’t Will Klatt then admit Geronimo is a stupid name and only an idiot would name their child that.

  20. I have no opinion whatsoever on the name and I do not know who either of them is. I couldn’t care less who you think I am.

  22. I don’t give a shit about what you did or did not name your kid, or what whoever Will Klatt is (probably also you) did or did not name his/your kid, or if you/he/she/it/they even have a kid. I have zero opinion about kid names one way or the other. If I ever named a kid I’d leave the name up to the mother, and if she insisted I pick one I’d say the first thing that popped in my head and that would be that. If she said no I would keep guessing until she found something she could live with. If for some strange reason I had to name a kid with no mother to help name him/her, I would stick with my first guess.

    Long story short. I don’t care what you named your kid or what anyone else names theres. The whole deflection with names is because you do not liked being called out for your nasty, racist, piece fo shit trolling. Get bent, inhale poison and die slowly in grate pain, you piecve of shit mother fucker.

  25. Andy Gonzalez got caught trolling and he doesn’t like it. He made up a fake character Will Klatt with a kid Geronimo to deflect from being caught, but whatever. It doesn’t chaneg anything.

  26. Even if there is a Will Klaytt with a som Geronimo still don’t cahnge shoit neither. Andy Gonxales is Mr. Facist “Libertarion” aka Nathan Norman aka Egyptian Fud aka Disco Sucks act Fash Fucker etc etc etc. Perid end of story. Fuck you, die.

  28. LOL. It’s late and I’m drunk. Still doesn’t change the fact that Andy Gonxales is Mr. Facist “Libertarion” aka Nathan Norman aka Egyptian Fud aka Disco Sucks act Fash Fucker etc etc etc. Perid end of story. Fuck you, die.

  29. Nope. You, Will Klatt, are just demonstrating how unhinged leftists are.

  30. You, Andy Ginzalez, are just demonstrating how unhinged fashists are. Still doesn’t change the fact that Andy Gonxales is Mr. Facist “Libertarion” aka Nathan Norman aka Egyptian Fud aka Disco Sucks act Fash Fucker etc etc etc. Perid end of story. Fuck you, die.

  33. How many of the usual suspect BAN trolls invaded the USA Congress bldg on 6 Jan 2021 —

    and deserve some serious jail time in a fed slammer ???

  35. “Walter, under the US Constitution, American citizens who earn money within the 50 are supposed to be exempt from federal income tax.”

    So, does that mean that Congress CAN tax income earned by US citizens in the territories – where they cannot actually vote in federal elections?

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