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To: miraje who wrote (207830)	6/6/2007 2:15:39 PM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794596

My wife was a dual citizen in the early years of our marraige. It was a PIA. We had to pay taxes in TWO COUNTRIES. Eventually she dropped her Philippine citizenship. jdn

To: miraje who wrote (207830)	6/6/2007 2:34:05 PM
From: MJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794596

There may be a quirk in the election laws in England that would prevent your voting there if you have not lived there for a certain period of time. In Virginia, we have a law that prevents you from voting in two different precincts or two different states----if you have moved. There are residency requirements. One of the ploys used during major elections was to move people in to an area to comply with residency requirements--------because it took a significant amount of time to catch these moves-----the person would vote in both their old and new precincts (or states). With computerization of information this has become more difficult to do. When I did poll watching------I knew precisely who lived in the precinct. I have seen the ploy I mentioned above tried and also saw people trying to vote tombstones of people who had died in the precincts. Challenging these illegal votes was a pleasure. In a close race, 1 vote per precinct that is cast illegally could decide an election. mj