All U.S citizens overseas should be able to vote

Thirteen U.S. states refuse to extend voting rights to individuals who have never lived in the United States but are U.S. citizens by virtue of the U.S. citizenship of one or both parents. However, these same U.S. citizens are subject to all the tax reporting and payment obligations incumbent on all U.S. citizens amounting to real taxation without representation.

ACA has consistently supported that the fundamental right to vote be available without excessive bureaucracy. Thirteen US. states refuse to extend voting rights to individuals who have never lived in the United States but are U.S. citizens by virtue of the U.S. citizenship of one or both parents. These U.S. citizens overseas are subject to all of the tax obligations incumbent upon all U.S. citizens, and hence present a textbook case of taxation without representation. ACA advocates for the correction of this inequitable treatment through extension of voting rights by all U.S. states to any U.S. citizen overseas having a parent previously resident in that state, irrespective of whether he or she has ever resided in the U.S.

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• Click "EDIT AND SEND EMAIL" in the box below to reveal the Contact form.

• Enter your last US residential address and click "Submit"

This is your US voting address – it is the address where you last lived at in the United States, regardless of whether or not you have any current ties to this address. If you aren’t sure what your US voting address is, click here.  Never lived in the United States so no US address? You may still qualify, see how here.

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• Enter your Full Name and Email Address and click "Send"