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.

But Edwin Snowden, who Donald Trump called a "terrible traitor", can.

That's right. Edwin Snowden, holed up in Moscow, can LEGALLY vote in federal and state elections by simply requesting an absentee ballot from his last state of residence.

But U.S. military personnel and veterans living in Puerto Rico cannot vote, either in person or by absentee.

Call your U.S. Senators and Representative and tell them that is FUCKED UP!

(202) 224-3121

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jackjjackson · M

Those who choose to be residents of other countries have have made choice.

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@jackjjackson

And yet they still have the right to vote absentee from their last state of residence, whereas nearly all adult Americans in Puerto Rico cannot.

jackjjackson · M

US residents vote. Foreigners do not. @beckyromero

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@jackjjackson

American citizens who live in Puerto Rico are not foreigners.

jackjjackson · M

Is PR their permanent legal residence? @beckyromero

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@jackjjackson

If an American citizen moves to France from any one of the 50 states, they can vote by an absentee ballot from their last state of residence. That means they can vote for president, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and those races and initiatives on that state ballot.

If an American citizen moves to Puerto Rico from one of the 50 states, they CANNOT vote by an absentee ballot from their last state of residence. They can only vote on a ballot in Puerto Rico for the delegate to the U.S. House (resident commissioner) and on local races in Puerto Rico. (There are some exceptions for active duty military - provided their residence wasn't already in Puerto Rico.)