Mandatory Elections in my former country

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Galto2000

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Hello all,

I became a US citizen a little over a month ago. My former country recognizes dual citizenship status, so I assume they still regard me as a subject. Participating in elections in my former country is mandatory (punishable by jail time if one does not participate) and it just so happens that elections are going to happen in a month from now.

My worry is the following: when I took the oath, I denounced loyalty to my former country, so if I cast my vote in the elections of my former country, is this a "disloyal" act to the USA?

It's not that I politically care much about my former country - in fact, I have no clue what the current political situation is, but the issue is that all my relatives still lives in my former country, and I visit them about once a year and if I wilfully decide not to participate in the elections, there is a good chance that I get arrested when I visit my former country during my next visit.

Does anyone have any advice?

Thanks

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Galto2000 said:
Hello all,

I became a US citizen a little over a month ago. My former country recognizes dual citizenship status, so I assume they still regard me as a subject. There is a good chance that I get arrested when I visit my former country during my next visit.
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Why don’t you renounce your former country citizenship? Then you will be foreign and they couldn’t arrest you for not going to vote.
 
CAHope said:
Why don’t you renounce your former country citizenship? Then you will be foreign and they couldn’t arrest you for not going to vote.
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Some countries does not recognize your renouncing their citizenship.
 
nkm-oct23 said:
Which country is it? I don't think there is any country which treats it's citizens as bonded.
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I heard it is very hard to renounce British citizenship. I also heard a citizen of Morocco say his country does not acknowledge that either.
 
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