alt Hacker News...and sorry: Thats absolutely OK. I do not want strangers stopping by for 3 - 4 years to be able to influence the politics of my country? Thats totaly understandable?
I would never to ask to vote at a remote place where I do not live permanently, yet where I even not a citizen?
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systemtest • yesterday at 3:44 PM
That is OK but OP should not be complaining about people not being engaged with local politics if you are excluding a large part of the people living in the city from voting.
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triceratops • yesterday at 4:02 PM
> I do not want strangers stopping by for 3 - 4 years to be able to influence the politics of my country?
City, not country.
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mattkrause • yesterday at 4:03 PM
What's the minimum residency you'd accept, because 3-4 years seems quite long to me.
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Somebody who spends 3-4 years in a place has an immense interest in how it's governed. Their view is 100% as valid as yours, and they should have equal voice, if we are going to judge people based on how long they live somewhere.
I live in a college town. Why shouldn't student voices be represented, when they are a huge chunk of our community?
Maybe I'm too US focused, and have been accused of that a lot recently, but your views are fundamentally at odds with basic democracy as I see it as a US citizen.