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I don't believe people on the ISS or in Antarctica are counted as resident in those places. If you're in Paris for a month, or sailing a boat over the atlantic, as long as you live in Idaho you can vote.

If you are a US citizen, born in Idaho, but moved to Paris and are officially resident in Paris, can you vote?

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Yes! https://votesfromabroad.com/

So a US citizen born in Idaho who moves to Paris can vote, but a US citizen born in Idaho who moves to Puerto Rico can't?

If they have become a citizen of PR and aren't solely there on vacation (I believe the laws that define state citizenship themselves vary state-by-state), yes, they can't vote in federal elections. There are still local and territory-wide elections they can vote in.

This is silly, yes. The answer is making PR a state, but historically they haven't wanted to be one and Washington has been hesitant to make them one. Here is a short video on the matter which coincidentally was published a few days ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk6JrUYLyWw

Anecdotally, the elite in PR are pretty happy with the current tax arrangement and won't have a good argument for it if they push for statehood.

If a German citizen moves to France, they don't become a citizen of France (at least without eventually applying for it)

If a US citizen from Idaho moves to France, they likewise don't become a citizen of France

Is the problem that US citizens that move from Idaho to PR are not allowed to vote at their previous address, but US citizens who move from Idaho to France are?

A person who moves from Idaho to PR doesn't immediately become a citizen of PR, just like with France and Germany. They would still be eligible to vote absentee as a citizen of Idaho unless and until they become a citizen of PR.

Heck, I've voted absentee in my home county in California once while I was living in a different county in California.

> The answer is making PR a state, but historically they haven't wanted to be one

It is worth noting that the last three referendums on the topic in PR all ended with a result indicating support for becoming a state, the final one in 2020 being unambiguously clear on the matter.

Requiring to pay US taxes on your income abroad grants you the privilege of a vote :)

The USA is unusual in claiming tax on citizens resident abroad.

I am resident abroad, pay no taxes to that country, yet I can still vote in national elections.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_expatriates_to_vote_i...

The only single other country who taxes overseas citizens is, Eriteria.

As an Indian, I don't pay any taxes because I am not living in India, but at same time can't vote in any election in India unless I am there from certain number of days.

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