Perez v. Brownell

Petitioner, a national of the United States by birth, has been declared to have lost his American citizenship by operation of the Nationality Act of 1940, 54 Stat. 1137, as amended by the Act of September 27, 1944, 58 Stat. 746. Section 401 of that Act1 provided that

“A person who is a national of the United States, whether by birth or naturalization, shall lose his nationality by:

“(e) Voting in a political election in a foreign state or participating in an election or plebiscite to determine the sovereignty over foreign territory; or

*46“(j) Departing from or remaining outside of the jurisdiction…