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Voting in Guam : ウィキペディア英語版 | Voting in Guam
Voting rights of citizens in Guam differ from those of United States citizens in each of the fifty states. District of Columbia residents do not have voting representation in the United States Senate, but D.C. is entitled to three electoral votes for President. In the U.S. House of Representatives, Guam is entitled to a delegate, who is not allowed to vote on the floor of the House, but can vote on procedural matters and in House committees. The United States Constitution grants congressional voting representation to the states, of which Guam is not one. Guam is a federal territory ultimately under the complete authority of Congress. The lack of voting representation in Congress for residents of Guam has been an issue since the foundation of the federal district. The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) is a United States federal law dealing with elections and voting rights for United States citizens residing overseas. The act requires that all U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands allow certain U.S. citizens to register to vote and to vote by absentee ballot in federal elections.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080717085438/http://www.fvap.gov/laws/uocavalaw.html )〕 The act is Public Law 99-410 and was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on August 28, 1986.〔Coleman, Kevin J. "Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act: Background and Issues." Congressional Research Service. 2003.〕 ==U.S. Citizenship== Guam is an unincorporated United States Territory, therefore those born on Guam are "U.S. () at birth on the same terms as persons born in other parts of the United States."〔http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86756.pdf〕 If a U.S. citizen born on Guam were to move to the mainland, they would be able to participate in all elections any other U.S. citizen can participate in.
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