Shouldn't we allow the people in Africa to vote in the election also?

Question

They haven't seen Obama and that is his family and they should be allowed to give absentee votes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikg6gj71U9k&feature=related

Answer 1

No... See the thing about AMERICAN elections is only AMERICANS can and ever should vote in them.

Answer 2

Brilliant and lets give europeans to vote in our election too since all the candidates have roots in europe

Answer 3

cant help sorry

Answer 4

No.  

People of other nations are not American citizens, and therefore have no place voting in our elections.  They have the opportunity (in most places) to vote in their own elections, and their political interest would be better put to use working in the governments of their own countries.

Indeed, Senator Obama's African family members should have a political voice, in their own countries.  If they wish a voice in American politics, they are free to move to the United States and become citizens, the same way we're free to move to Kenya, or France, or Egypt, or Russia, or Australia, or Indonesia and become a citizen there.

Cultural and economical globalization does not translate to political globalization.  If your idea is followed to its logical conclusion, anyone anywhere could vote in any election, and voting would simply become another form of warfare.  Our Constitution, and the constitutions of most other countries with voting rights, stipulate citizenship as a prerequisite.

Answer 5

Right, let's open it up to Sweden and Hungary because that's where my ancestors are, and Israel because I'm Jewish.

I should also be able to vote in those countries, of course.

Answer 6

You are sick. Seek help.

Answer 7

No, actually, only American Citizens can and should be allowed to vote, as stated in the United States Constitution.  

And we are a sovereign nation, so we have the right to conduct our elections free from interference or influence from other nations.