Nothing like democracy! Sort of like residents and even US citizens in
Washington DC who had fewer rights than citizens in the 50 states because DC
was not a state. There was some court case recently i think... and people
were brinning up rthe issue of Annapolis, the part of Va ceded to DC but
that DC gave back.
BW

>From: bjbutler@...
>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: dual citizens
>Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 01:50:21 -0000
>
>In Massachusetts you cannot vote in town elections or participate in
>town meetings (the official form of government in many towns) unless
>you are a registered voter, which requires US citizenship. Some of
>my neighbors are foreign nationals and own their houses, but cannot
>vote. I don't know about other states.
>
>BJB
>--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Brendan Whyte" <brwhyte@h...> wrote:
> > >This is true not only for Baarle but for the whole EU since some
>years.
> > >Anybody having a passport of one EU member state may vote in the
> > >muncipal elections of the town he's *living* in the EU.
> >
> > What about if you don't live there but you own a house there?
>Surely a
> > non-resident landowner gets a say in the municipality that charges
>him
> > rates?
> >
> > Also, how many of the EU countries allow dual nationality?
> >
> > BW
> >
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