# You cannot vote unless you are an American citizen.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cannot-vote-unless-you-are-an-american-citizen/736557>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 3, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cannot-vote-unless-you-are-an-american-citizen/736557 "2015-11-03T21:51:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cannot-vote-unless-you-are-an-american-citizen/736557/41 "2015-11-14T13:56:21Z")

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> [@Malden\_Capell](#):
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> Sorry, I only just saw this. **Really not all that Bright** put it succinctly - for centuries Lords didn’t need a vote because they had seats in Parliament directly, and until recent centuries had a powerful stake in budgets. Now it’s entirely Commons-only, but the principle of non-voting Lords has remained.
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> A Lord who does not sit in the House, however (such as the majority of hereditary peers removed in 1999, or Members that have retired from the House) gain the right to vote for the Commons, however.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cannot-vote-unless-you-are-an-american-citizen/736557/42 "2015-11-14T15:48:45Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> I had my citizenship application denied because my face was too big in the passport photo.

I \*Third Rock from the Sun \* ever gets revived, there may be an opening for the Big Giant Head.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cannot-vote-unless-you-are-an-american-citizen/736557/43 "2015-11-15T21:58:55Z")

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It was just because the photo was taken close up. I actually have a pretty small head.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cannot-vote-unless-you-are-an-american-citizen/736557/44 "2015-11-16T12:22:13Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> It was just because the photo was taken close up. I actually have a pretty small head.

Zippy? That you?

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