The Expat Vote
Has anyone in the media noted a similarity between the jubilant, Iraqi expats who believe they are creating a democracy with their votes and the Cuban expats in Miami, most of whom turned out to be conservative Republicans?
How bizarre, just after I wrote that CNN began airing a "then and now" profile of Elian Gonzales. Less than one hour before the polls open in Baghdad.
The Rocky Mountain News reports on the expats who can't vote because they don't live near one of these cities:
The closest polls to Colorado are in Chicago and the Los Angeles area, each roughly 1,000 miles away. And voters had to travel twice: to register one week and to vote the next. Other polling places are in Detroit, Washington, D.C., and Nashville, Tenn.
Only 25,946 Iraqis have registered to vote in the United States. An estimated 240,000 were eligible.
Why so few polling places?
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