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It's Americans voting in American elections, they can do that in here in Malmö, Sweden. That doesn't violate our sovereignty.

Malmo is barely Sweden, anyway :P

They are not embassies or consulates in Antarctica, and operations relating to them should not be performed there.

Voting has absolutely nothing to do with consulates or embassies. If there is one, maybe they do simplify voting, but the right to vote should go beyond the presence of any office.

This is what the US government allows to do: no matter where you are, we (try) to guarantee that you can participate.

It's actually awesome that this is allowed.

A lot of countries allows remote voting. Some even without using a medieval technology.

There’s another word you should use instead of “medieval”: secure. Electronic voting is an incredibly hard problem to solve with the same level of privacy and integrity as paper ballots, and even harder to do in a way which the general public can trust.

In what way does this relate to embassies or consulates? You can vote from wherever you have access to the universal postal service, it seems.

I'm glad someone is brave enough to stand up for the indigenous peoples of Antarctica

Thanks! And sorry, I am not versed on the topic you suggest, as IMHO there is no such population, and the post refers to colonising Earth's pristine ecosystems with political practices. Still I am appalled by the comments I received. People need to be more compassionate with the diverse realities of the world, and what they require to stay close to what they are.

The replies are really mild, and to be honest mine was probably the worst of them. Honestly I am mostly just amused that we have a situation where a handful of countries have staked claims on chunks of the antarctic, partitioned it up amongst themselves and set up little "research" bases there ... but voting is what pushes it over the line into colonialism.

Do you overall support the colonialism point of view?

I don't know whether you mean "do you support colonialism in Antarctica" or "do you agree with me that this is colonialism" so I'll just state what I think pretty clearly: I think that cutting the continent up like a cake and setting up these bases is already pretty bad. Allowing the people who are working there to cast a ballot doesn't make it any worse or better.

Very clear, thanks. Indeed the root of the problem is another, as you suggest. Still the branches can get more nuanced, IMHO beyond what people usually considers. While voting from anywhere via postal or electronic service is oversll not a matter of discussion, doing it from such a delicate and nuanced situation is IMHO a completely different matter.

I really don't understand this comment. Where is the colonisation in this case? Did you see what this person had to do to vote?

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