IHT Rendezvous: Change to Ballot Request Form Angers U.S. Expats

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The Pentagon office that assists U.S. military and civilian overseas voters is issuing a new ballot-request form this year that requires civilian voters to make an all-or-none declaration either that they plan to return to the United States or have no intent of ever doing so. In the past, the Federal Post Card Application form allowed a less absolute response - that the voter was either residing abroad "temporarily" or "indefinitely" - but the new form leaves civilian voters only these choices: "I am a U.S. citizen residing outside the U.S., and I intend to return"; or "I am a U.S. citizen residing outside the U.S., and I do not intend to return." Expatriate groups say this forces people into a choice they do not want, and in some cases are unable, to make. Read more »

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