D.C.'s lack of congressional representation has prompted some residents — even those who've called the district home for years — to maintain their voting registrations elsewhere. Here's what an elections researcher says about the legality of that. 👇
For decades, D.C. license plates have bemoaned the district's lack of representation. There are renewed efforts in Congress to grant D.C. statehood.For decades, D.C. license plates have bemoaned the district's lack of representation. There are renewed efforts in Congress to grant D.C. statehood.Some residents of Washington D.C. have lived there for years but still cast their votes from elsewhere in the United States.
"Especially in Dallas, you have a lot more voting power. In 2018, our representative changed from red to blue and I wanted to be a part of that," Abughazaleh says. "[The District] is blue enough that no matter how I vote, it's not going to change it. Where I'm from in Tennessee, it's red enough that no matter how I vote, it's not going to change it," Kate chuckles."Voting for small, local town stuff — I feel like my opinion is more valid in those politics than in these."
"I feel a little like I'm rigging the system," she says."But when I remember that Congress is rigging the system by not allowing D.C. congressional representation and voting power and statehood, it kind of justifies what I'm doing."
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