It’s not a national election, though. It’s a state election, to select delegates for a national convention.
Not really. You should only be able to vote in a state in which you have established residency. You should be able to vote in ONE state, true, but to the exclusion of all others. And that state is the state where you reside when the primary is held.
Of course not. Why should you? Primaries are for the residents of the states, not for people who used to be residents.
Why do you think that U.S. citizenship gives you the right to vote in a primary? Primaries are not government functions. They are functions of political parties. Again, if you feel disenfranchised, complain to the party who runs the W.V. primary you intended to vote in.
Good.
You made a personal decision. One of the consequences of the decision is missing the W.V. primary.
“Everyone is always saying” is a poor reason to do anything. However, it seems that you are confusing voting in elections, and voting in primaries. AFAIK, you have no right to vote in a primary. It is a privilege obtained by registering with a particular party.
Well, all dates are arbitrary, of course, but the dates for primaries are published well in advance. That has nothing to do with it. You can’t vote because you will not be a resident. It really is that simple.
Again, your complaint is with your party. They make the rules. And, as Captain Amazing noted, it is not a national election.
It’s not even a state election - it’s a set of contests being held by some private clubs.
That’s not true in every state. In Oregon, the presidential primary is also the primary election for all offices that are up for election that fall.
Page, you are Exhibit A in why we poll workers sigh in despair. Gotta get creative, dontcha?
State laws differ, but everywhere you need legal residency in the state you’re voting in. Absentee ballots are fine, military folk stationed overseas being common users. But if you’ve haven’t lived in the state yet…hm.
The Dope has quite a few longterm expats. They might well know some details.
If Worst Comes To Worst, explain your situation as best you can, and see if you can file a Provisional Ballot. That’s the catchall for letting someone better-paid go over the law and figure out if your vote is proper. For what it’s worth, there is a general inclination in most places to say it will count (that’s a strictly anecdotal statement).
As mentioned, a primary is a different animal than a general election. To some degree, the political party decides who votes.
IIRC, Texas allows this.
No, you are not. You are a resident of Georgia, technically and otherwise. Just because you haven’t obtained a GA driver’s license or whatever other technicality you think you have up your sleeve, you are no longer a WV resident.
Good ol’ Dred Scott decision in action. Being a resident of a state and a citizen of a state can be completely different issues. While I went to community college in Tacoma, I was a resident of the State of Washington but maintained my citizenship in the sovereign State of California until I transfered to the University of Washington.
hence the word “set.”
Primary elections are administered and funded by state governments under cover of state law, just like any other election.
Anecdote Alert!
In early February 1988, I was a Dukakis campaign staffer in New Hampshire at the time of the Democratic Presidential primary there. New Hampshire defined residency as being in the state 30 days or more. I fit the definition, registered and voted. By May, I was in Ohio, which had a similar definition (I think it might have been 60 days’ residency), which I also fit by that time. I registered and voted in the Ohio primary, too. In November, I voted again in the general election in Ohio. So completely legally, I voted for the same candidate three times in one year.
So do most dead people in Cook County, but due to their busy schedules they do it all at the same election.
Nope, 14th amendment.
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
The debate that comes up is just over what it means to “reside” in a state.