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As a naturalized citizen, I am highly skeptical. I've been a citizen for years, but if any voting record emerges that shows me voting prior to my naturalizatio
by ocschwar 10y ago
As a naturalized citizen, I am highly skeptical.
I've been a citizen for years, but if any voting record emerges that shows me voting prior to my naturalization date, the naturalization would be annulled and I would be deported for it.
This is one of the things you get hammered into your head over and over: do not vote if you're just a resident.
Now to read the article...
- makomk 10y agoIt apparently happens: http://chicagoreporter.com/illegal-voting-case-puts-familys-future-in-limbo/ http://chicagoreporter.com/illegal-voting-case-puts-familys-... Remember, US states are required to be quite aggressive about getting people to register to vote under motor voter laws. Also, the people who get caught seem to be the ones who say they voted on their citizenship applications; I'm not sure how actively policed this is.
- ocschwar 10y agoWhen I lived in Illinois, it was explicitly legal for me as a resident to vote for the school council. I still didn't because it was also illegal according to my native country, to vote in ANY American election. So if an anecdote of this nature is to emerge, I'm not surprised it's from Illinois.
- antisthenes 10y agoWhen exactly did you have this hammered into your head? Not once have I heard this during my naturalization process. But then again neither did the idea of voting once occur to me while not being a citizen either.
- ocschwar 10y agoI got a talk about it when I got my green card. Kind of late to be doing it when you're applying to naturalize