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Current Talk '08 I / Re: Who Would the Collins Family Vote For?
« on: June 09, 2008, 06:14:46 PM »Barnabas would go McCain because of the military connection and the fact his family fought in the Revolutionary War. Come to think of it, doesn't that make him a citizen? He may have claimed to have been from England, but we all know that wasn't true. He was American.
Very true that Barnabas really is a citizen. BUT he can't claim that because of his cover story of having come from England, so he can't vote. And it would be virtually impossible (unless he pays someone or even several someones off) for Barnabas to go through the process to be naturalized because that would raise far too many questions about his background - questions that can't be adequately answered from a governmental standpoint. And at any rate, one can't apply for citizenship until after spending at least five years in the US, so if we're applying today's events on the timeframe of the show, Barnabas hasn't been in Collinsport for five years. (And if we're updating the timeframe to today, well, some of the characters we're talking about could easily be dead, so they wouldn't be voting for anyone. )