tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post113917828496180621..comments2024-03-28T16:53:39.313-05:00Comments on PawPaw's House: ResidencyPawpawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959820068377494313noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-1139329481483160872006-02-07T10:24:00.000-06:002006-02-07T10:24:00.000-06:00>Make up your mind where you want to live. Vote th...>Make up your mind where you want to live. Vote there.<BR/><BR/>Pawpaw, that's exactly what they're trying to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-1139299222314137872006-02-07T02:00:00.000-06:002006-02-07T02:00:00.000-06:00I think at this point we need to be a little bit "...I think at this point we need to be a little bit "liberal" in these requirements. If you have moved lets say from nola and have property there it kinda of sucks not to be able to vote when your trying to get back. In fact, because of circumstance that can be manipulated by the powers that be to deprive you of your property and other rights. If a person over the next two years or so has registered to vote at a new place then sorry cant vote at the old residence. To be honest I think the situation is similar to when students go off to college but still vote in their home towns. I think on the whole thats fair. THe devil is in the details on how you prevent fraud. If for instance a person has never register to vote then I would say their going to have to really prove they were there in the first place.<BR/><BR/>jh<BR/>homer louisianaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-1139263322146225432006-02-06T16:02:00.000-06:002006-02-06T16:02:00.000-06:00Good points all, Kinch, but there has to be some r...Good points all, Kinch, but there has to be some rational limits placed on where the body sleeps and what is considered the state of residence.<BR/><BR/>There is, for example, no time requirements for establishing residence in several of the states. Suppose, for example, I wanted to vote in Massachusetts and keep my same residence in Louisiana. I could easily fly to Massachusetts, rent an apartment, register to vote, and vote absentee in every election. As long as I didn't vote in Louisiana, it wouldn't be illegal.<BR/><BR/>I think we can all agree that that scenario would be unacceptable.<BR/><BR/>I can make a case that someone who has actually lived in Texas for four months may not be a Louisiana resident any longer, unless they can demonstrate that they have a home to come home to.Pawpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959820068377494313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-1139259317387446262006-02-06T14:55:00.000-06:002006-02-06T14:55:00.000-06:00I'm not a lawyer - but I played one on TV - but I ...I'm not a lawyer - but I played one on TV - but I don't think that residing in another state for a certain period of time automatically qualifies you as a resident. Suppose someone's work requires that they be someplace else for 60 days? Do they then have to register to vote there?<BR/><BR/>What I do think you have to have is a permanent residence. A hotel room probably doesn't qualify.<BR/><BR/>What the state law that you refer to is that once permenant residence has been established, you then have 30 days update your drivers license.Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10311285176547688008noreply@blogger.com