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[owlectomy]

I have always had trouble explaining to people why I don't yet have American citizenship and am in no hurry whatsoever to get it. Oh, I have it in the back of my mind as a possible eventuality, but that's it. I'm happy with the situation as it is except that I don't have the legal right to vote anywhere.

But it's hard to explain without coming off as, "I'll sleep with your country, but I don't want to marry it." Which is perhaps not unfair. In my mind it's more like, "Your country has several terrible habits, and I still haven't decided if I can live with them." Sure, every country does; but the point is, I have the choice.

I feel rather vindicated.

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[littlebutfierce]

Actually if you lived in a few places like Takoma Park, Maryland, you could legally vote in local elections. There was a whole campaign to do this here in NYC a couple of years ago, but it petered out, sadly.