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In article <8v6oi1$3g1$3@news.panix.com>,
Elisabeth Riba  <lis@osmond-riba.org> wrote:
>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...

Intent, Elisabeth, intent.

A person who is on an assignment from their employer (including the
military) and intends to return HAS NOT MOVED THEIR RESIDENCE.

I don't know how many times it needs to be repeated until you actually read
it, but apparently its more than one.

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