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To: Mrs. Don-o
Why wouldn’t they be able to vote? They are all natural-born American citizens.

Outrageous that they can just go to whatever state they please. If not actual paying residents they should not be able to transfer their non-electoral PR vote to Florida electoral votes.

51 posted on 12/04/2017 5:13:55 PM PST by montag813
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To: montag813

You can go to whatever state you please.

We don’t have internal visas like the old USSR.

Yet.


57 posted on 12/04/2017 5:23:41 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (God is not the Author of Confusion, but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints --1 Cor 14:33)
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To: montag813; Mrs. Don-o; DoughtyOne; profit_guy; napscoordinator; arthurus; All

You can also go to whatever state you please, register there, and then vote. If former residents of PR register in Florida then they will have to pay any Florida taxes and be eligible to vote there. We are all citizens of the USA first and of our states second. That is what the Civil War was about. I am more familiar with the situation in Washington, DC where people are also seeking statehood. The difference there is that over 70% of DC voters approved that quest, whereas fewer than 23% percent of PR voters favor statehood. Significant numbers in DC maintain registration in their home states so that they will not loose the right to elect Congresspeople. Thus they pay state taxes where they maintain registration, not to the DC government which provides police, fire protection, highway maintenance, etc. DC residents pay full federal taxes, they can only vote for POTUS and VP, plus a NON-VOTING delegate to the House of Representatives. Does that seem fair to you??


99 posted on 12/07/2017 3:05:18 PM PST by gleeaikin
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