I believe the right to vote is what makes someone a full citizen. Not where they live — not which side of a line on a map they happen to be on. Right now, 3.6 million Americans living in U.S. territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands pay taxes, serve in the military at some of the highest rates in the country, and live under federal law — but they cannot vote for president, have no senators, and their House members can't even cast a vote on the floor. That's not a technicality. That's a real exclusion that affects real families.
These are American citizens. They can be drafted. They can be deported if they're naturalized and then move to a territory. They follow the same federal rules the rest of us do. But when it comes to choosing who makes those rules? They're shut out completely. That's not the America I believe in, and I don't think it's the America you want to represent either.
I'm asking you to co-sponsor legislation that would extend full federal voting rights and congressional representation to U.S. territory residents. This is about fairness — the same fairness you'd demand if it were your family being told their vote doesn't count.
Please stand up for all Americans and co-sponsor legislation to give U.S. territory residents full voting representation in Congress and the presidential election.
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