--- Floriano Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is always the better econimics and the better > standard of living which comes with it, whch > creates the bug of migration. Even birds migrate. > Don't they?. > > And, I have these simple questions to ask, to no > one in particular. > > 1. Do they vote in the local elections? > 2. If they do, unde what criteria (conditions). > > Now, someone will tell me that the above are > inter-nation migrations. And what we are talking > about are inter-state migrations of our country (one > nation). > > Even then, I would like to know the answers to the > above questions. > Mario responds: > Floriano, What the heck. Since you asked, I will go where angels fear to tread - into the path of Che Guevarra's redoubtable Goan-political-"chelas" on Goanet:-)), who will probably have other ideas. > Because of federal laws that supercede state laws, there is a HUGE legal difference between inter-state migrations in a free and democratic society like India, and inter-country migrations. > All citizens of a country are typically allowed to live anywhere within that country. Once they move to a state, they should be made to register as residents, as opposed to transient visitors, before being able to vote in that state. Visitors should vote in the state where they are registered as residents. In the US we have "absentee ballots" for this purpose, which are mailed in to the election office. > I can see that the politics of who the migrants are likely to vote for, and political corruption, will make this a difficult task in Goa. It is probably a problem throughout India. > When one migrates from one country to another one has to follow the laws of both countries when it comes to voting, depending on their citizenship. When I first came to the USA I was an Indian citizen, and had a US student visa, which was later replaced by a residency visa [for some strange reason called a "green card" when there is no green anywhere on the card]. Under both visas I was unable to vote in the US. Only when I became a US citizen was I able to vote in all national elections, plus city, county and state elections where I was registered as a resident. > If I move from my state to another state and register as a resident there, I will be automatically taken off the rolls in my previous location and I can then vote in the city, county and state elections in that state. > People from other countries may have a different view, and they may be subjected to different voting laws. I would be interested in hearing from them. > Che Guevarra did not have to worry about such niceties, because for him and Fidel, who ran a government of dictatorial men and not of laws, it was their way or the deep blue sea [heading for Florida]. His Goan followers may dream of having such revolutionary power, but are unlikely to atain it. >
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