If non-citizens are allowed to vote in the US, should they be required to be in the United States to do so?
404722
Non citizens should not have the privilege of voting, as long as they remain non citizens. I will summarize it with one word, DEPORTATION! America is under attack on all fronts by ILLEGAL ALIENS! WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\nIF YOU'RE NOT ANGRY, YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION!!!!!!!!\nIllegals should not have one iota, narry, nada, zip, zilch, goose egg, absolutely no representation, nor voting privileges. If illegals want to vote, let them GO HOME, to their native country to vote.
120090
you have to get a passport from your own country.  Do you have a passport to be in the US?
187583
Living in the US and being a US citizen either by birth or naturalized.
804116
Your question needs some clarification, I think.\n\nCongressmen and Senators are elected, not appointed by the President.\n\nLocal STATE representatives(Congressmen/Senators)  get sent to their STATE capitols and US Reps get sent to Washington, DC after they have been elected by the ELECTORATE, which is YOU, the voter.\n\nYour right to vote is guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. \n\n*** Let Freedom Ring\n\nHappy Thanksgiving.
607420
Though this isn't a question, I decided to comment.\n\nFor the most part I agree. Yes if you are anywhere illegally it would only make sense that you should be placed back where your are legally allowed to be. And as for our government they don't want to go along with that because it would make them unfavorable to the illegal immigrant vote. Wait did I just say the illegal immigrant vote? Yes...the politicians are worried they won't be voted in by people who can't vote anyway (or shouldn't, though I know fraudulent ID goes a long way).\n\nLaws however are drawn up by use of an underlying moral code. Why is it illegal to murder, rape or rob someone? Because morally it is incorrect. Morally it is correct to believe someone belongs in their own country unless they are given legal permission to be in another country.\n\nLegal permission is the whole point of the matter, I don't care if you want to come to America and make money, by all means do it, this is the land of opportunity. Just check-in on your way across the border. It really shouldn't be so difficult to make sure we are letting people with pure intentions cross over on to our side of the border. If this means you will have to fill out a form, be fingerprinted, and questioned, so be it. It is to all of our benefits to make sure this happens, we don't want to let the wrong person (Terrorists for example) across our borders to kill us (American citizens) and you (the immigrant who is here to cash in legally on America's boundless oppertunities).
815557
why we should exercise our right to vote
1051273
It should not be. Nor do I think voting should be a requirement to voice your opinion.\n\nA vote is saying that you affirmatively approve one candidate over another. If none of the people on the ballot are ones that I actually support, I wouldn't vote for them.\n\nHowever, because I am still stuck with whatever laws the majority-elected government chooses to enact,  I absolutely have the right to voice my opinion about those. Especially since I don't actually have the opportunity to vote for most of those laws directly.
680390
In this case, no. The reason is that they are not citizens and therefore cannot vote and don't have representation in congress and the senate.\n\nIf 12 million criminal citizens united and voted then it could effect changes, but for illegal non-citizens it doesn't mean anything.
759598
No. Payment of taxes, residency, and voting are completely separate issues. Voting, participating in the government of a country, is properly restricted to citizens of that country. In fact, by law, an American citizen who votes in another country's elections forfeits his American citizenship.
99987
No way..in US citizens would not stand for such a law.
555147
No, because the Constitution states that a candidate must be born in the United States.  Puerto Rico is not a U.S. state, it is a U.S. territory.
727725
I would recommend that you contact the U.S. Consulate or Embassy in Australia.  They can probably connect you to someone who can help you (if they can't help you themselves.)  As a U.S. Citizen (even though you're living overseas), you do have the right to vote.  Don't give up too quickly, even when they send you jumping through hoops.\n\nJust out of intrest, were you born in the U.S.?  If so, you DEFINITELY have the right to.  If not, then it's possible that Answerman may be right, but I'm not sure.
254160
The poll worker doesn't ask for nationality. The voter does have to be registered and registered in the precinct they are attempting to vote in. Any US citizen over 18 can register to vote as long as their rights have not been rescinded due to a felony conviction. I don't think that non US citizens can vote. I also don't think that there is such a thing as a undocumented resident being legal unless they are a citizen, and most of us have some form of documentation.
932048
Technically they always had the right to vote - but were prevented from doing so by narrow interpretation of the constitution. \n\nIn both cases amendments were made to the constitution clarifying this (15th amendment guaranteeing that race was not a factor, and 19th guaranteeing that sex was not a factor). \n\nAdditionally another amendment was added dropping the voting age to 18 (26th amendment).\n\nIn your case, undocumented workers aren't citizens, so it's not just a matter of clarifying the existing statement which guarantees citizens the right to vote. \n\nInstead you would need to add an amendment granting undocumented workers (non-citizens) the right to vote. In order to do that, you would need to convince the congress to propose the amendment, and then need 2/3 of the states to ratify it (vote for it). \n\nThat's a lot of people to convince.
1012720
not at all. just somehow you have to be an immigrant of US
480249
Yes. You could use the 'territory' rules that other places use, where the number of Representatives and/or Senators from DC (and maybe Puerto Rico) is smaller, because it isn't a state. But, it's hard to imagine a really good reason why the people of the Capital of the United States of America don't get to vote.
393311
It is a crime for noncitizens to _enter_ the U.S. without a visa, so by implication, it is a crime to _be_ in the U.S. without a visa.