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HomeElections CodeDiv. 2Ch. 1Art. 2§ 2025 Domicile Exceptions For Service

§ 2025 Domicile Exceptions For Service

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§ 2025 Domicile Exceptions For Service

This law says you don't automatically change your permanent home just because you're working for the government, in school, in jail, or traveling. Students can still vote where they live for school if they really moved there.

Key Takeaways

  • •Working for the government or being in school doesn't automatically change your permanent home.
  • •Being in jail or traveling doesn't change your permanent home either.
  • •Students can vote where they live for school if they really moved there and gave up their old home.

Example

A college student moves to a new city for school.

The student can vote in the new city if they really moved there and don't plan to go back to their old home.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

Official Source
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§ 2025 Domicile Exceptions For Service

A person does not gain or lose a domicile solely by reason of his or her presence or absence from a place while employed in the service of the United States or of this state, nor while engaged in navigation, nor while a student of any institution of learning, nor while kept in an almshouse, asylum or prison. This section shall not be construed to prevent a student at an institution of learning from qualifying as an elector in the locality where he or she domiciles while attending that institution, when in fact the student has abandoned his or her former domicile. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

domicileelectorinstitution of learning

Related Statutes

  • § 2030 Voter Domicile For Military Spouses
  • § 2021 Temporary Absence Domicile Rules
  • § 2022 Voter Domicile Loss Rules
  • § 2023 Domicile Loss By Relocation
  • § 2024 Domicile Intent And Removal

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Elections Code. Section 2025.
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