Puerto Rico. Active duty military personnel living in Puerto Rico (as well as ALL other U.S. adult citizens there) CANNOT vote in federal elections.

@calicuz

The way active duty personnel stationed in Puerto Rico (or in Guam, Naples, Ramstein Air Base, Naval Station Rota, etc.) is for them to vote absentee from their permanent state of residence. (i.e. say a North Carolinian who is stationed at the Army recruiting station in San Juan)

But if the military serviceman or servicewoman is from Puerto Rico and that's where they reside (or if they are stationed overseas), they can't request an absentee ballot from a U.S. state they don't and have never lived in.

In the same manner, U.S. citizens residing in another country can request an absentee ballot from their last state of residence.

But a person moving from a U.S. state to Puerto Rico cannot. They are still residing in the U.S.

@beckyromero

So expats can't vote?

@calicuz

They can - by an absentee ballot from their last U.S. [b]state[/b] of residence.

Which is how Edwin Snowden can vote by requesting an absentee ballot and vote in both state and federal elections.

But moving to Puerto Rico doesn't make one an expat. Because Puerto Rico is part of the United States.

An American citizen who moves say from New York to Puerto Rico cannot vote for president. Puerto Rico neither gets Electoral Votes nor has U.S. Senators or a voting member in the U.S. House (except in committees).

She or he would not be allowed to request an absentee ballot from New York state. She or he would only be able to vote in local Puerto Rico elections and for Puerto Rico's delegate (resident commissioner) in the U.S. House. She or he would also be allowed to vote in Puerto Rico's presidential primary which sends delegates to the parties' national convention.

US residents vote. Foreigners do not. @beckyromero

@jackjjackson

American citizens who live in Puerto Rico are not foreigners.

Is PR their permanent legal residence? @beckyromero