Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 hours agoPuerto Ricans must vote for Kamala Harriswww.elnuevodia.comexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1204arrow-down1external-linkPuerto Ricans must vote for Kamala Harriswww.elnuevodia.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 hours agomessage-square102fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 hours ago Similarly, a… Californian… who is living in Puerto Rico has no electoral votes. Because USA assigns votes by land. Why do US citizens living abroad get to vote then? https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenpeddicord/2024/08/14/how-to-vote-in-the-us-presidential-election-as-an-expat/ https://www.overseasvotefoundation.org/vote-from-abroad-overseas-voting Seems kind of fucked up that an American can move to Europe and still vote in the state they came from, but cannot do the same if they move to PR (a US territory)…
minus-squareJo Miranlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoI revisited the thread and noticed that nobody answered your question. Below is my answer to the expat vs PR resident question. https://lemmy.ml/comment/14619858
Why do US citizens living abroad get to vote then?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenpeddicord/2024/08/14/how-to-vote-in-the-us-presidential-election-as-an-expat/
https://www.overseasvotefoundation.org/vote-from-abroad-overseas-voting
Seems kind of fucked up that an American can move to Europe and still vote in the state they came from, but cannot do the same if they move to PR (a US territory)…
I revisited the thread and noticed that nobody answered your question. Below is my answer to the expat vs PR resident question.
https://lemmy.ml/comment/14619858