Beep@lemmus.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoThe Missing Voters: 11.8 million EU citizens pay taxes to governments they cannot vote for.homolova.skexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down12
arrow-up150arrow-down1external-linkThe Missing Voters: 11.8 million EU citizens pay taxes to governments they cannot vote for.homolova.skBeep@lemmus.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoIt seems like this is one of the few things the EU should adopt from the US. We have US citizenship, but state issued birth certificate, and our (super flawed) social security numbers are state based too. But residency determines which state elections we vote in and that’s defined as where you get your mail and spend the most time. You only get one primary residence and that’s where you’re allowed to vote.
minus-squarej_z@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoWait, is this really the whole story? I know a couple of US ”expat” citizens living here in Europe (having dual citizenships) and they can still remote vote in their US home-state
It seems like this is one of the few things the EU should adopt from the US.
We have US citizenship, but state issued birth certificate, and our (super flawed) social security numbers are state based too.
But residency determines which state elections we vote in and that’s defined as where you get your mail and spend the most time.
You only get one primary residence and that’s where you’re allowed to vote.
Wait, is this really the whole story? I know a couple of US ”expat” citizens living here in Europe (having dual citizenships) and they can still remote vote in their US home-state