Overseas voters exist. We still have to file taxes every year, can’t invest in a lot of things in retirement plans (look up PFICs), and generally are fucked by the IRS by laws presumably meant to keep the rich from hiding money. There is no way I could pay the thousands of dollars to fly to the states and back to vote in “my state” (in which I haven’t lived in 10 years, but the US system is a trainwreck).
When my parents die, I will renounce. I need to be able to get to them without issue in the event of emergency.
I hold two citizenships but live in a third country. If I were to get citizenship here (Japan) I would be forced to renounce both my existing citizenships.
For sure. I’m not sure if you’re commenting on the wrong comment or not, I’m all for absentee/mail in ballots and I don’t think anything in my commend suggests otherwise.
So the exact process seems to vary by state, but it generally boils down to:
some for of verification and registration for the year (my state requires this yearly and you are expected to initiate this as it does not happen automatically)
get an email or physical mail ballot (not all states allow email from what I gather)
fill out the ballot, various other forms, and send them to the state via physical mail
Overseas voters exist. We still have to file taxes every year, can’t invest in a lot of things in retirement plans (look up PFICs), and generally are fucked by the IRS by laws presumably meant to keep the rich from hiding money. There is no way I could pay the thousands of dollars to fly to the states and back to vote in “my state” (in which I haven’t lived in 10 years, but the US system is a trainwreck).
You can go renounce at embassy. Wtf gqve you not become citizen where you are? How fucking hard do they make this shit?
When my parents die, I will renounce. I need to be able to get to them without issue in the event of emergency.
I hold two citizenships but live in a third country. If I were to get citizenship here (Japan) I would be forced to renounce both my existing citizenships.
For sure. I’m not sure if you’re commenting on the wrong comment or not, I’m all for absentee/mail in ballots and I don’t think anything in my commend suggests otherwise.
I took “for us to go back to paper voting” to include somehow requiring overseas voters and did indeed wonder at the cost of it
How do oversees voters vote? I always just thought it’d be through the mail
It’s by mail.
So the exact process seems to vary by state, but it generally boils down to:
Makes sense