Could I vote in November?

Factual Questions
1

After 44 years Uncle Sam has finally confirmed that I am a US citizen - YAY !!! :slight_smile:

I understand that US citizens living abroad can vote if they register in the last district they lived in. I however have never been a resident in the US. The longest periods I have spent in the US are 6 weeks on my (real) Uncle Sam’s farm in upstate New York when I was 15, and a month in an hotel in Chicago ten years ago. I doubt either would prove sufficient :frowning: .

So, am I SOL?

2

I know of a few people in this situation… and no they can’t vote… but they pay US taxes. They were not born in the US and have never lived there (one has never even BEEN there).

http://www.fawco.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=680&Itemid=339

See item #4 This site was the only one I could find that really mentions this.

3

www.votefromabroad.org It’s run by the guy who runs www.electoral-vote.com, who I believe is resident in the Netherlands.

I can’t say whether that is accurate or not, but it might be worth trying.

4

I might try that. It was 50 years ago though :eek:

5

Some states allow you to use your parent’s address for registration. Virginia does not, others vary, but it is a difficult situation… lots of expat families overseas are in this boat… many don’t care and don’t vote (esp if they never plan to return to the US), but for others it is a significant issue.

6

According to the Overseas Vote Foundation, sixteen states (Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wisconsin) will allow you to vote in the state your parents were last eligible to vote in. It’s not clear from there whether your parents must still be alive for you to be registered; certainly a strict reading of the word “eligible” would argue against that.