Americans can vote from space, so why not from U.S. island territories' An American can vote from outer space. But from American soil on any of the five U.S. island territories? No such luck.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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The real question is why are US overseas territories people NOT citizens? They carry a US passport that says clearly, NOT a US citizen.
One of those old colonial byproducts.
because many US Island territories they are not US citizens, seems pretty simple to me. The right to vote rests with citizenship.
No, the right to vote rests with the states that are represented in the Electoral College.
Section 1. The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:
Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
Any citizen who moves from a territory to a state is then entitled to vote for President.