Question for emigrants: do you vote in your country of origin elections? Curious about the reasons for yes and no answers

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Some countries do not allow dual citizenship so you’re required to renounce it as soon as you become a citizen of another country. So that’s not an option for the country or origin if one has accepted citizenship for another country.

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Yes, I’m still a citizen of my home country, care about our policies and have family/ friends back home who will be impacted by those policies. I can only complain about the issues in local policies but can actually make a difference back home. Also, people have historically fought long and hard for the right to vote so I’m not about to squander mine away.

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Yes, I do

Yep (🇨🇦) because I think it’s important to and even if certain things are set in stone in Canada, Similar to California always going blue in the US, there are situations where the votes matter. Be nice to vote in the US though, given that I live here, pay taxes here, and don’t have any input to the rules that ultimately impact me

You are fortunate to have that option. We are a bit backward in my home country when it comes to absentee voting and they don’t allow it (but that might be changing). But if and when they do, then, yes I will.

I’m a dual citizen, but have to vote in person and thus have not voted in my country of birth for the past many elections

I vote for the president and the expat representative (we have one who deal with expat’s rights for education, health etc).
I don’t vote for anything local

I have a Brazilian friend that does. He’s also a us citizen and votes here too

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