Just spent about 30 minutes poking around the search, and didn’t find the answer, so I’m posting a new topic.
For those that no longer have residency in the state in the US where they lived prior to coming to Taiwan, how do you register to vote?
I went down to AIT today to ask, and they say you have to register in the state that you last lived in. Looking over the forms, it basically seems that you are registering as an absentee resident of that state. The thing is, I’m currently residing in Taiwan, so I don’t claim residency in any US state. I’m worried that if I register to vote in a state, then I’d be declaring my residency in that state, and be required to pay that state’s taxes, even though I don’t actually live there.
I recently registered in California using one of the cards I picked up at the AIT. I didn’t know what to put for the place of last registration since my last registration was also absentee ballot, so I put the name of the county where I used to live. I didn’t remember the date of last vote and some other info so I left those matters blank. And, I needed to put a US stamp on the notification card sufficient to get it back to me in Taiwan, but fortunately I had one lying around. Anyway, I was happy to get the card back from the Registrar of Voters stating that they will mail my absentee ballot to me in TAiwan. I don’t see why my registration should cause me to be liable for taxes in CA.
KERRY-EDWARDS 2004!!!
By the way, Tigerman used to have a banner on this site saying he could help people to obtain their absentee ballots, but I would advise against contacting him as he’ll probably send you one of those neocon ballots ; -)
Because if you look at the forms carefully and how they are worded, you are basically registering as a resident of California. I’m just afraid that the Franchise Tax Board will sync with the voter registrations, and see that I registered to vote. With that, they might proceed to tell me based on the forms I filled out, I’m a declared resident, and then ask me to file a tax return and pay taxes in CA.
[quote]Residents – The term “resident” for income tax purposes includes: (a) every individual who is in the state for other than a temporary or transitory purpose, and (b) every individual domiciled in the state who is outside the state for a temporary or transitory purpose. If such person is absent for at least 18 months under an employment dated contract they are not considered to be outside the state for a temporary or transitory purposes (This exception does not apply to those who receive over $200,000 in unearned income in a tax year). Any individual who is a resident of the state continues to be a resident even though temporarily absent from the state. An individual domiciled in California is absent from the state for a temporary purpose if such absence is by reason of (1) holding an elected or appointed office in the Federal Government or (2) working on the staff of an elected officer of the legislative branch of the U.S. Government. Cal. Rev. & Tax Code
[quote=“Mother Theresa”]I recently registered in California using one of the cards I picked up at the AIT. I didn’t know what to put for the place of last registration since my last registration was also absentee ballot, so I put the name of the county where I used to live. I didn’t remember the date of last vote and some other info so I left those matters blank. And, I needed to put a US stamp on the notification card sufficient to get it back to me in Taiwan, but fortunately I had one lying around. Anyway, I was happy to get the card back from the Registrar of Voters stating that they will mail my absentee ballot to me in Taiwan. I don’t see why my registration should cause me to be liable for taxes in CA.
Kerry-EDWARDS 2004!!!
By the way, Tigerman used to have a banner on this site saying he could help people to obtain their absentee ballots, but I would advise against contacting him as he’ll probably send you one of those neocon ballots ; -)[/quote]
What is the postage required for receiving your absentee ballot while I’m here in the US and have access to an American post office.
As we learned in the election for President in the year 2000, the absentee ballots are not counted anyway . . . . . . so it is a total waste of your time to vote if you are not a resident in the fifty states.
Voting is never a waste of time. Even if my votes don’t count, I would feel bad if President Yee Haw were reelected and I didn’t do anything to stop it.
People like you are the reason why he got into office in the first place.
[quote=“Undertaker”]As we learned in the election for President in the year 2000, the absentee ballots are not counted anyway . . . . . . so it is a total waste of your time to vote if you are not a resident in the fifty states.
It is a waste of postage money too.[/quote]
Voting is not a waste of time! How else do you think we’ll be able to make sure Bush is re-elected and same-sex marriages are banned forever?–NOT!!!
It is all done by mail in Oregon now, so there is no such thing as an absentee ballot if you are registered in that state. Also, I believe AIT has some deal with FedEx or DHL where they send your absentee ballots for free.