by Ed Naile
Out-Of-State College Students In New Hampshire Should Review The Residence/Domicile Laws Of Their Home State Before Being Convinced To Register To Vote Here
A Properly Submitted Absentee Ballot In Your Home State Is always a Safe Bet To Avoid Future Problems With A Questionable Registration
California Elections Code – Elections Code – ELEC
ARTICLE 2. Determination of Residence and Domicile [2020 – 2035] ( Article 2 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2. )
2022.
If a person moves to another state with the intention of making it his or her domicile, the voter loses his or her domicile in this state.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
Pennsylvania Election Law Title 25
§ 1302. Residence of electors.
(b) Rules for determination.–The following apply:
(1) That the place shall be considered the residence of an individual in which habitation is fixed and to which, whenever the individual is absent, the individual has the intention of returning.
(4) If an individual removes to another state with the intention of making that state the permanent residence, the individual shall be considered to have lost residence in this Commonwealth.
(5) If an individual removes to another state with the intention of remaining there an indefinite time and making that state the place of residence, the individual shall be considered to have lost residence in this Commonwealth, notwithstanding an intention to return at some indefinite future period.
(6) If an individual goes into another state and, while there, votes in an election held by that state, the individual shall be considered to have lost residence in this Commonwealth.
North Carolina General Statutes § 163-57 Residence defined for registration and voting
(4) If a person removes to another state or county, municipality, precinct, ward, or other election district within this State, with the intention of making that state, county, municipality, precinct, ward, or other election district a permanent residence, that person shall be considered to have lost residence in the state, county, municipality, precinct, ward, or other election district from which that person has removed.
(5) If a person removes to another state or county, municipality, precinct, ward, or other election district within this State, with the intention of remaining there an indefinite time and making that state, county, municipality, precinct, ward, or other election district that person’s place of residence, that person shall be considered to have lost that person’s place of residence in this State, county, municipality, precinct, ward, or other election district from which that person has removed, notwithstanding that person may entertain an intention to return at some future time.
(6) If a person goes into another state, county, municipality, precinct, ward, or other election district, or into the District of Columbia, and while there exercises the right of a citizen by voting in an election, that person shall be considered to have lost residence in that State, county, municipality, precinct, ward, or other election district from which that person removed.