The U.S. Vote

April 6, 2008 - 7:30 AM by

If you’re a U.S. citizen living in Israel & you want to vote in the upcoming U.S. elections, Israel Easy has tips on casting your ballot from afar.

Never assume that your ballot will simply be sent without refiling the registration/ballot request form. It confirms your active voter status. You may also want to make direct contact with your election official to confirm that you are on the voting rolls and will receive an absentee overseas ballot for the upcoming election.

Contact details can be found at:

https://www.overseasvotefoundation.org/overseas/eod.htm

It is suggested that you send a renewed voter registration form to your local election official early in every election year and whenever you change your address.

Tags: • Category: Immigrant Moments, Politics 

Comments

7 Comments on The U.S. Vote

  1. Benji Lovitt on Sun, Apr 6th 2008 8:49 AM

    2. I’ve been a little out of the loop. Is Ross Perot still in the race?

  2. David-Joe on Mon, Apr 7th 2008 3:55 AM

    3. Why would anyone that has made aliyah, hold the citizenship of another country besides Israel? I consider it ideologically questionable regardless of the reason – and no doubt there are many good ones.

    Secondly, why should Americans living in America not object to people that have rejected America for another country yet hold on to their American documentation, voting in an election?

  3. Stephanie on Mon, Apr 7th 2008 5:38 AM

    4. D-Joe: If I understand correctly, you live in the U.S. but you used to live in Israel. What happened in your case?

    To relinquish a Western passport is an absolutely preposterous notion. Did you give up yours?

  4. Benji Lovitt on Mon, Apr 7th 2008 8:09 AM

    5. David Joe,
    Umm…you seem like an angry man.

  5. Liza R on Mon, Apr 7th 2008 9:51 AM

    6. David-Joe, Do you have any idea how many “native” Israelis have two passports? Why should I give up my American passport? I visit the US every year, and despite the fact that I’ve chosen to make my life here, that doesn’t mean that I’m going to live here forever. What if I want to relocate to the US for a few years so that my Israeli-born son (who also has an American passport and citizenship) can be closer to his American relatives? If I were to give up my American passport (and I agree with Stephanie – it’s a preposterous notion), I’d have to apply for a visa in order to be granted entry into the country where I spent the first 23 years of life. That’s absurd!

    I don’t know where you’re living, but if you haven’t chosen to make your life in Israel, you’re hardly in a position to judge those of us who have. I’ve lived in Israel for 17 years. I made aliyah on my own (straight out of university), carved out a life for myself, married an Israeli, created a family, and buried one son here. None of this negates the fact that I was born and raised in the US, and that as Israeli as I feel I am, there is a big part of me that will always be American.

    The fact you dare to question my ideology (even when you yourself admit that there are many good reasons for retaining citizenship and a passport) is something I find to be intolerable.

  6. Stephanie on Mon, Apr 7th 2008 9:56 AM

    7. Damned Straight, Liza. Damned straight.

  7. David-Joe on Tue, Apr 8th 2008 1:24 AM

    8. First, my point was not where one lives. I live in NYC, but then over the past 20 years I merely wanted to live in various parts of the world for a couple of decades and then return permanently to Israel. I would never hold 2 passports, only an Israeli passport.

    I did not say there were good reasons and imply that it was good, merely that good excuses can be found to hold onto another passport. But English is not my first language, Hebrew is. Maybe those who hold on to it have a fear that one day Israel will fall……

    Living in Israel and voting in an American election is like allowing diaspora Jews to vote in Israel – not on.

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