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In reply to the discussion: I Wouldn't Have Believed Things Like This Do Happen...Until I Witnessed It Myself. [View all]Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Unless an American citizen expressly renounces his/her citizenship or commits treasonous acts against the US, said citizenship can never be arbitrarily revoked. Permanent overseas residency does not constitute such a renunciation.
Holding dual nationality (because of parentage, marriage, naturalization, etc.) does not constitute even a tacit renunciation of said citizenship. Only serving in the military of a foreign entity could possibly entail the revocation of American citizenship.
Nowadays, property ownership has nothing to do with retaining one's citizenship or one's right to vote, as opposed to the early decades of the nation.
That said, it is undeniably much easier and faster for wealthy and landed foreigners to accede to US citizenship than for dirt-poor Latinos.
In order to vote legally in US federal elections, ex-patriot Americans need only contact the nearest American consulate in the country where they reside.
There, they will be provided with documentation and information on legally registering and voting by mail in the state of their last US residency or as a "citizen-at-large" in no particular state.
Several million US ex-patriots vote in US federal elections through this simple and expeditious process.
I am one of them.