Comment by what
7 hours ago
> It's not reasonable to tell people "too bad," fly back to the US as much as 3 times per year.
Where are you having elections three times per year? If you’re living abroad, you shouldn’t be voting in local elections because you’re not a resident. You probably shouldn’t be voting in state elections either because you’re not a resident. So you have to come back every 4 years to vote in the presidential election, or go to a consulate to vote every 4 years.
The US. Primary, general, and in a number of states, you have to have a special election to replace the senator/representative that joined the new administration or quit or whatever. Actually, that causes 4 elections because you have a primary for that. [1]
>You probably shouldn’t be voting in state elections either because you’re not a resident.
That's a matter for the state, and many say if you still have a house, or intend to return, then you vote there.
> If you’re living abroad, you shouldn’t be voting in local elections because you’re not a resident.
And no, a number of states allow voting in that case even if you're not a resident [2]. For instance, you own a vacation home, you get to vote on property tax related matters concerning that house.
[1] https://ballotpedia.org/Special_elections_to_the_119th_Unite...
[2] https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/voting-by-nonre...