There were a lot of guys from Samoa and Guam ... who served with me in the U.S. Navy. Their high participation continues. Other American territories have similarly high participation rates. The reasons for that are complicated, but they serve in high numbers nevertheless. I learned from them that they're American citizens, but they can't vote; this has always seemed terribly unfair to me. Samoa is a special case – things are even worse there. In the video at right, John Oliver explains this nonsense, in his own special (and very funny) way. I hope he succeeds in raising the profile of this issue...
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