Ex-Patriate US Voting

Should Canadians have opinions on the US election?

Absolutely. We all have a big stake in how the world shapes up, and our biggest trading partner and dominant neighbour will always have a big impact on our lives here in Canada.

Besides, I may be a red and white Canadian, but I’m also married to an American, and more than half of my living relatives are American on both sides of the family. I worked in the US under a visa earlier in my career. Its safe to say that my family feels like dual citizens even if I am the only one under this roof technically not so.

While I’m a card-carrying Canadian Conservative, I could never support Bush nor his circle of advisors. Its not only Bush that needs to go, but Rice / Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Ashcroft and others from that gang that must be sent packing.

John Kerry’s sister stumps Canada for votes – “I trust you are all registered and will be applying for absentee ballots?” Diane Kerry told one group.

I couldn’t easily find a non-partisan site that provides information on ex-patriate voter registration, but this http://www.overseasvote.com/faq/ Democratic site is useful enough. It turns out that elligibility has a lot to do with which state one last resided in. Reading through the requirements, it seems to me that many ex-patriate Americans may be falsely assuming they are ineligible when in fact the registration process is open and straightforward. Read up!