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In ne.general Karl Denninger <karl@fs.denninger.net> wrote:
> Grand Poobah of PRAM <mbusse@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>Karl Denninger <karl@FS.Denninger.net> wrote:
his own idea of how voter registration should work:
>>>	Finally, the law that
>>>	requires you to vote ONLY in your precinct of RESIDENCE must apply.
>>>	Those who move their RESIDENCE to another country give up their
>>>	franchise for the duration of their stay overseas, as they are no
>>>	longer RESIDENTS of that precinct.
>>
>>Does this mean SERVICEMEN, too? 

> Yep, but it doesn't go the way you'd like.

> A serviceperson posted overseas does not lose their precinct of residence.
> The reason is that their move is not a voluntary act, and further, they
> still maintain their previous local residence at the base which posted
> them overseas.  Their voter registration is valid in the United States
> since their legal residence is in the US, and their citizenship is US 
> as well.

> A person who uses dual citizenship to MOVE, VOLUNTARILY, to another country
> DOES lose their residence, because they have moved their *RESIDENCE*.

So, what about the spouses of people serving in the military?  They
voluntarily choose to follow their husbands/wives overseas...

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