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Early in-person voting begins in 3 key states www.yahoo.com/news/early-voting-begins-3-key-090800106.html

146 sats \ 12 comments \ @Bell_curve 21 Sep Politics_And_Law

It’s absurd voting begins now in 3 states when Election Day is in November

That's insane.

My wife is not voting in this one. Switched her residence from Cali to Texas a few years back but she didn't register to vote in Texas.

71 sats \ 4 replies \ @Coinsreporter 21 Sep

I had reported it yesterday in the daily zap.

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 21 Sep

Oh. Must have missed that.

92 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter 21 Sep

It's there under politics and law.

#692862

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve OP 21 Sep

I didn’t see your post. Apologies for redundancy

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 21 Sep

Don't apologise please. You can post anything from Daily Zap series. I won't mind. I was just suggesting @grayruby to have some more attention to while reading.

50 sats \ 5 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 21 Sep

Expats should not vote

If you live in another country you don’t have skin in the game. Plus you lose residency in a state

21 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 21 Sep

I somewhat agree. I think it depends on the situation. If we were spending 6 months in Canada and 6 months in US as we had originally planned (and may still do in the future) she should retain her voting rights. If someone is working internationally for a period of time, but not permanently, they should retain voting rights. But in my wife's case it has been over ten years since she has been living full time in Canada and in that time period she has spent maybe 6 months in the US. I think if you are living out of the country that long and clearly not residing in the US at all, you shouldn't be permitted to vote.

50 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 22 Sep

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/21/overseas-voters-election-dnc-rnc-00180366

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 22 Sep

80% of voters abroad vote democrat? Doesn’t sound right. Wouldn’t most of these voters be military service people abroad?

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 22 Sep

Military should be the largest group of voters overseas

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 21 Sep

A good test is do you have a mailing address in USA? A physical address not a mailbox

If I was living abroad temporarily but I knew I was coming back I would still retain a home address. Place is empty or sublet

Edit: the example you give about splitting time between places is something the IRS asks. Do you have residency in multiple states and countries?