Just saw the live shot of GWB leaving his polling place. Why does GWB still vote in Crawford, TX? Hasn’t his residence for the past 4 years been in the District of Columbia? Or are you eligible to register to vote in any one state where you own a home?
Crawford TX is his legal residence. All politicians maintain their legal residence back in their states, that’s where they file state taxes as well.
Ah. Gotcha.
Besides, presidents and congressfolk would prefer to vote in their home state, so they can vote for members of congress. DC has no senators or congresspeople. Taxation without representation is alive and well in DC.
Except Texas does not have a State Personal Income Tax, which make it a popular place to have a legal residence if you are in the service of the government.
Plus, remember that he has spent 166 days in Crawford during his presidency as of August 3rd. So it’s not like this is his first visit home in four years.
-lv
If I were him I would’ve reregistered in a swing state. If he looses in FL by one vote, he has only himself to blame 
Good point, I used to live in NH.
There is an addition issue, since electors cannot vote for a Pres and VP from the same state. That’s why Cheney is officially from WY, right?
To be fair, although prior to 2000, Cheney had been living in Texas for several years, he really is from Wyoming. His family moved there soon after he was born and he lived there through high school. He went back to Wyoming after flunking out of Yale and finished his bachelor’s degree. He also earned a master’s degree and a doctorate degree in Wyoming. After working on Capitol Hill and in the White House, Cheney was elected U.S. representative from Wyoming and served in that seat for 10 years.
More importantly, who did he vote for?
I wasn’t questioning if Cheney has strong ties to WY and has a legal residence there. But during the 2000 race there was an issue of his TX residency and I believe he needed to re-register in WY. Maybe not, but it’s not part of the bigger issue.
Which is that candidates for Pres and V-P use their home residence for things other than voting and income tax. It also effects how the Electoral College works.
Teresa Heinz Kerry’s legal residence is in Pennsylvania because she owns a farm near Pittsburgh. John Kerry’s legal residence is his home in Mass. Yet they’ve both lived togather in DC for the last 9 years.
I would also suggest that voting in his hometown makes for a better photo opportunity and helps to solidify his image as a Texan.
So who did Bush take with him into the booth to read him the ballot?
Sorry couldn’t resist
Since Teresa Heinz Kerry owns large chunks of the state of Pennsylvania, I don’t think anyone would begrudge her residence. And since John Kerry represents Massachusetts in the Senate, I don’t see that being a problem either.
I’m hard pressed to think of any candidate for Pres or VP who was identified as “Mr. (Insert Name Here) of the District of Columbia”
Ralph Nader
I just thougt it odd that they legally resided is seperate states since they’re happily married. Of we are talking about a women who could be the first pentalingual billionaire foreignborn African-American First Lady to keep her day job; so odd is relative.
Try harder next time. :mad:
I’ll just caution you against posting extraneous crap in GQ. Especially political.
While we love a sense of humor over here, it’s getting stretched thin.
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If you didn’t notice, Kerry won D.C. by (the last I saw) 90% to 10%. Any vote in D.C. is effectively… um… ineffective.
Also, especially for congressmen, they are citizens of their own state who are just in D.C. to represent their state (at least, that’s the impression that they want to maintain). Voting in D.C. would give the impression that they are more “career politicians” than “representatives”.