Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Weekly Themes obambulate
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
I am, and I do! My husband was born in Italy and emigrated at age 2 1/2. He had a green card for most of his life (so far...), because he didn't want to pay the fee (about $50 then) and travel to Buffalo to take care of it. Don't ask why he had to go to Buffalo, because I'm not sure. Anyway, he was not eligible to vote with just a green card, which didn't bother him in his callow youth, but as he got older and took issue with decisions that affected him, but which he was unable to affect through voting, he decided he would take the plunge. Italy allows citizens to maintain dual citizenship, so he felt he wasn't losing anything, although he's never voted in any Italian elections. He was chagrined, however, to find out that the fee had risen to over $100 dollars. He became a citizen about 5 years ago, attended by me and our three sons at city hall, and it was a memorable moment. Only one problem: my vote now usually gets cancelled out by his! :0)
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted obambulate Jackie 10/20/08 06:24 PM Re: obambulate ParkinT 10/21/08 12:24 PM Re: obambulate twosleepy 10/21/08 01:52 PM Re: obambulate Jackie 10/23/08 03:03 AM Re: obambulate Wordsmith 11/03/08 07:42 PM Re: obambulate olly 11/03/08 11:28 PM Re: obambulate latishya 11/04/08 01:26 AM Re: obambulate BranShea 11/04/08 10:16 AM
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,913Posts229,423Members9,182 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV
9,182 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,037 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 24
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,593tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,922Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org