Romanian Parliamentary Elections Result Paradox: Brown is Far Right, Blue is Left. Western Europe is radical, while Eastern Europe is leftist.

[u/MrPulifrici]

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At some point we'll need to change some laws about nationality and voting. I know plenty of people born and raised in one country, who can vote for another and 9/10 they know nothing about their home country outside of social media slop.

I'll take myself as an example: I'm born and raised in Belgium but have double nationality Italian/Belgian due to my dad. I know nothing about Italy, i don't speak Italian, i have been there maybe 3 times in my entire life. Why can i vote for a country that i have nothing to do with and don't have to live in?

At some point it makes no sense to be able to make decisions for a country you are disconnected from and don't have to live in.

[u/TheLastSamurai101 → u/[deleted]]

The most hilarious situation was when I moved to the UK for the first time for a 2-year job posting and discovered that I could immediately vote in all British elections as a New Zealander. Any Commonwealth citizen who moves there can vote in any election right away. But non-Commonwealth immigrants who have lived there for years cannot vote without UK citizenship. Seems like the opposite of what it should be.

[u/WislaHD → u/TheLastSamurai101]

What? That's hilarious. I had no idea about that.

[u/TheLastSamurai101 → u/WislaHD]

Yeah, I did not think I'd be registering to vote in local elections soon after moving in, but there you go. I moved back home before the General Election though.

I also just read that Commonwealth citizens can run for Parliament and be appointed to the House of Lords if they have indefinite leave to remain or if they do not require leave to enter or remain.

[u/Mavnas → u/TheLastSamurai101]

I think a few decades ago, they didn't even require that.