> Your district where you vote is the place you last held residency.
As an American abroad, this makes little sense to me.
Rather than spread our votes out across the country by forcing us to vote where we last held residency, why not allow Americans abroad to elect their own representatives?
I have more in common with other Americans abroad than I do with the average voter in the state where I last lived nearly 20 years ago. We wouldn't expect a former New Yorker, now Texan to continue voting in New York's elections. But if someone moves from New York to, say, Mexico City, that's exactly what happens.
As an American abroad, this makes little sense to me.
Rather than spread our votes out across the country by forcing us to vote where we last held residency, why not allow Americans abroad to elect their own representatives?
I have more in common with other Americans abroad than I do with the average voter in the state where I last lived nearly 20 years ago. We wouldn't expect a former New Yorker, now Texan to continue voting in New York's elections. But if someone moves from New York to, say, Mexico City, that's exactly what happens.