Quote Originally Posted by KnowLaw View Post
Do you think this also might have something to do with the difference between the phrases "this state" and "the state?"

"To admit to membership in a state," one would have to be in "this state" for this to be so.

Remaining outside the enfranchisement, one is in "the state" which is foreign to "this state."

The word games these people play is fantastically outrageous! Say or admit to the wrong thing, and you've just lost your rights.
The "this state" and "the state" has to do with who the territorial overlord is and their rules are.
There are federal areas within states ...

Palani (from another board) and Alfred Adask have more information.