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Voting in a Foreign Election

What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, not a prediction.

Decided cases
163
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
48%
79 granted · 84 denied or revoked

Official mitigating conditions cited

The formal mitigating conditions (by official paragraph) that case profiles identified on this issue, in cases that were granted vs denied. Extracted for a subset of cases; counts are numbers of cases, not rates. Read what each condition says.

ConditionIn granted casesIn denied cases
¶ 11(b)133
¶ 11(d)110
¶ 11(a)81
¶ 11(e)83

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR 23-01331 granted · 2023
    The applicant in this case was a 28-year-old systems analyst employed by a defense contractor since August 2022. She was born in Colombia, became a U.S. citizen in March 2018, and had family members r
  • ISCR 16-01164 granted · 2019
    The applicant in this case was a 56-year-old linguist employed by Department of Defense contractors in Iraq since April 2015. The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing
  • ISCR 07-00434 denied · 2008
    The applicant in this case was a 40-year-old individual who held dual citizenship with Belgium and Canada, in addition to being a U.S. citizen. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons
  • ISCR 19-00392 denied · 2020
    The applicant in this case was a 45-year-old health policy analyst who had applied for a security clearance. The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing concerns under G

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