Introduction
Oct. 22/20 lawn sign in Toronto, CA: COULD the Nov. 3/20 US election be decided by CDN residents with US/CDN @dualcitizenship? What would Homeland Americans think of their next president being decided by Canadians? – https://t.co/zs8Uer7iO1 appears to be a @Demsabroad Initiative pic.twitter.com/yNbY1xt7HR
— John Richardson – lawyer for "U.S. persons" abroad (@ExpatriationLaw) October 24, 2020
A recent opinion piece published at CBC included:
I have been walking around these days asking myself with only half a smile whether there is some morphed version of the Canadian national anthem which declares: “True expatriate love in all thy sons and daughters command.”
I am doing this because I have been regularly experiencing what you might call expatriate shaming.
There’s been a push — no, make that a shove — to recruit Americans living in Canada who are eligible to vote in the Nov. 3 presidential election to become part of the electoral process. Knowing I was born in the U.S., my friends, neighbours and relatives will ask with a semi-desperate twinge in their voices: “Have you registered to vote in the U.S. election?” And when I say I am registered but I do not plan to vote, they get very angry.
Given what has been going on under President Donald Trump, they exclaim, how can I even think about not making a difference by casting a presidential ballot? (By the way, no one assumes that an expat could possibly vote for Trump, which is interesting.)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-expats-canada-presidential-election-vote-1.5750417
The VoteFromAbroad.org Push To Get “US Citizens” (Whoever They May Be) Living In Canada To Vote
Presentation to encourage US citizens living in Canada and those with US/CDN @dualcitizenship to vote on Nov. 3/20: "Toronto Star virtual event: U.S. Election 2020: Why votes from #Americansabroad matter …" https://t.co/PHg8Ddoh3t via @torontostar
— John Richardson – lawyer for "U.S. persons" abroad (@ExpatriationLaw) October 24, 2020