50 U.S.C. § 4025 — Guarantee of residency for military personnel and spouses of military personnel
submitted 86 years ago by Pub. L. 108-189 to r/title-50-WAR-AND-NATIONAL-DEFENSE · 263 words · no verdicts yet
For voting purposes, a person does not lose or gain a State residence or domicile solely because military or naval orders cause the person to be absent. Similar rules apply to accompanying spouses, who may elect the servicemember’s residence.
For the purposes of voting for any Federal office (as defined in section 30101 of title 52) or a State* or local office, a person who is absent from a State in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason of that absence—
be deemed to have lost a residence or domicile in that State, without regard to whether or not the person intends to return to that State;
be deemed to have acquired a residence or domicile in any other State; or
be deemed to have become a resident in or a resident of any other State.
For the purposes of voting for any Federal office (as defined in section 30101 of title 52) or a State or local office—
a person who is absent from a State because the person is accompanying the person’s spouse who is absent from that same State in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason of that absence—
be deemed to have lost a residence or domicile in that State, without regard to whether or not the person intends to return to that State;
be deemed to have acquired a residence or domicile in any other State; or
be deemed to have become a resident in or a resident of any other State; and
the spouse of a servicemember* may elect to use the same residence as the servicemember regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember occurred.
Source credit: (Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title VII, § 705, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2865; amended Pub. L. 111–97, § 2(a), Nov. 11, 2009, 123 Stat. 3007; Pub. L. 115–407, title III, § 303(a), Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5373.)
- 1940Enacted · Pub. L. 108-189 · 117 Stat. 2865
- 2009Amended · Pub. L. 111-97 · 123 Stat. 3007
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-407 · 132 Stat. 5373
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 108-189 on 1940-10-17.
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