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To: JoeMomma
The Arkansas Code covers voter qualifications:

7-5-201. Voter qualification.
(a) To be qualified to vote, a person shall have registered at least thirty (30) calendar days immediately prior to the election and in the manner set forth by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51. The person shall be eligible to vote only in the county in which he resides on the date thirty-one (31) calendar days prior to the election, unless specifically exempted under § 7-5-406.

(b) "Voting residence" shall be a voter's domicile and shall be governed by the following provisions:

(1) The domicile of a person is that place in which his habitation is fixed and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention to return;

(2) A change of domicile is made only by the act of abandonment, joined with the intent to remain in another place. A person can have only one (1) domicile at any given time;

(3) A person does not lose his domicile if he temporarily leaves his home and goes to another country, state, or place in this state with the intent of returning;

(4) The place where a person's family resides is presumed to be his place of domicile, but a person may acquire a separate residence if he takes another abode with the intention of remaining there;

(5) A married person may be considered to have a domicile separate from that of his spouse for the purposes of voting or holding office. For those purposes, domicile is determined as if the person were single; and

(6) Persons who are temporarily living in a particular place because of a temporary work-related assignment or duty post or as a result of their performing duties in connection with their status as military personnel, students, or office holders shall be deemed residents of that place where they established their home prior to beginning such assignments or duties.

(c) No person may be qualified to vote in more than one (1) precinct of any county at any one (1) time.


The upshot: In Arkansas, students and military personnel must vote in their home state and county.

63 posted on 10/24/2002 3:26:54 PM PDT by mvpel
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To: mvpel
Got it. I've been set straight. Thanks.
65 posted on 10/24/2002 3:27:48 PM PDT by JoeMomma
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To: mvpel
The Arkansas Code covers voter qualifications:
7-5-201. Voter qualification.
(6) Persons who are temporarily living in a particular place because of a temporary work-related assignment or duty post or as a result of their performing duties in connection with their status as military personnel, students, or office holders shall be deemed residents of that place where they established their home prior to beginning such assignments or duties.

Thank you for posting that. It seems clear enough.

90 posted on 10/24/2002 3:58:11 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts
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To: mvpel
Actually, the upshot is that whether they can legally vote in Arkansas or in the county in question depends on their INTENT. If they intend to return to their former residence, they must vote there; otherwise they may vote in their present location. There are two obvious problems with this: 1) there is no way to systematically verify the future intentions of thousands of people on voter rolls, and 2) Many college students honestly have no idea whether they'll stay in the area after graduating, or go back where they came from; some end up working in the area of the college year-round, but they often make this decision at they end of the school year, when they do or do not find a full time summer job locally.
92 posted on 10/24/2002 3:59:12 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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