I am in Germany, and a member of Democrats Abroad Germany. Not only am I getting ready to vote in the EU elections in June, for Democracy, but I have been organizing together with other DAG to help get more young Americans or Dual citizens living abroad supported to vote. It is different in each state, and some states make it harder to V…
I am in Germany, and a member of Democrats Abroad Germany. Not only am I getting ready to vote in the EU elections in June, for Democracy, but I have been organizing together with other DAG to help get more young Americans or Dual citizens living abroad supported to vote. It is different in each state, and some states make it harder to Vote from Abroad. Fortunately for my daughter and me, Illinois makes it fairly easy. After a conversation in the grocery store, a young German/American who told me she was not happy with either candidate gave me her number so we could meet and discuss the election. She told me she was not political. I told her not being political is a political stance. I also told her that not voting or voting for anyone besides Biden is a vote for Trump. We are also sending out postcards to Democrats and Voters Abroad, and there is a project to make a video for inclusion on why we are voting for Biden. My daughter and I are going to make ours together and take turns filming each other. Democrats Abroad will have delegates at the Convention in my home city of Chicago this summer. We also have issues that we are trying to get represented. According to this there are around 5.4 million, the State Department says around 9 million. That is a lot of potential votes.
One generally votes from the last state one lived in, and if you have children who were born abroad and have never lived in the USA, they also vote from the last state that their American parent or parents lived in. My precinct captain here in my city in Germany is inviting the youth group to tell those of us who are older, what we need to do to support and include young Americans in voting from Abroad.
I am in Germany, and a member of Democrats Abroad Germany. Not only am I getting ready to vote in the EU elections in June, for Democracy, but I have been organizing together with other DAG to help get more young Americans or Dual citizens living abroad supported to vote. It is different in each state, and some states make it harder to Vote from Abroad. Fortunately for my daughter and me, Illinois makes it fairly easy. After a conversation in the grocery store, a young German/American who told me she was not happy with either candidate gave me her number so we could meet and discuss the election. She told me she was not political. I told her not being political is a political stance. I also told her that not voting or voting for anyone besides Biden is a vote for Trump. We are also sending out postcards to Democrats and Voters Abroad, and there is a project to make a video for inclusion on why we are voting for Biden. My daughter and I are going to make ours together and take turns filming each other. Democrats Abroad will have delegates at the Convention in my home city of Chicago this summer. We also have issues that we are trying to get represented. According to this there are around 5.4 million, the State Department says around 9 million. That is a lot of potential votes.
https://www.aaro.org/living-abroad/how-many-americans-live-abroad#:~:text=American%20Citizens%20Abroad%3A%20The%20American,and%20other%20government%2Daffiliated%20Americans.
One generally votes from the last state one lived in, and if you have children who were born abroad and have never lived in the USA, they also vote from the last state that their American parent or parents lived in. My precinct captain here in my city in Germany is inviting the youth group to tell those of us who are older, what we need to do to support and include young Americans in voting from Abroad.