Re:Breaking up with America
by tomwilde on Monday September 08, 2014 @06:36PM
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A foreigner working in the USA doesn't get to vote for the laws they live under. That's what I'm trying to communicate.
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Does a foreigner working in Switzerland get to vote in any election? It's my impression that all countries restrict voting to their own citizens.
Re:Breaking up with America
by c_plus_minus on Tuesday September 09, 2014 @06:23AM
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I'm sure the Swiss do, but just an aside that plenty of EU countries allow members from other countries to vote in their elections. E.g. here in Ireland I think we only restrict constitutional referenda to Irish citizens.
It seems it does vary heavily by country [1]. My country (Romania) does not give any voting rights to foreigners (AFAIK), and I thought the US didn't either.
1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_foreigners_to_vote