§ 2030 Voter Domicile For Military Spouses

This law lets a person who lives in this state but marries someone who works temporarily for the U.S. government keep voting residency here, unless they start voting in another state or territory.

Key Takeaways

•Only affects voting residency, not other legal residency.
•Applies when marrying a temporary U.S. government employee.
•Residency ends if the person registers to vote elsewhere.

Example

Maria lives in California and marries a soldier who is stationed here for a few years. She wants to stay registered to vote in California.

Maria can choose to keep California as her voting home even though her spouse’s job is only temporary. She can only use this rule to vote in California; if she later registers to vote in another state, her California voting residency ends.

A domiciliary of this state who marries a person employed temporarily in this state in the service of the United States government, may elect to retain his or her domicile for the purpose of qualifying as an elector only, except that his or her domicile in this state shall terminate if the domiciliary qualifies as an elector in any other state or any territory. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

This law lets a person who lives in this state but marries someone who works temporarily for the U.S. government keep voting residency here, unless they start voting in another state or territory.

Key Takeaways

•Only affects voting residency, not other legal residency.
•Applies when marrying a temporary U.S. government employee.
•Residency ends if the person registers to vote elsewhere.

Example

Maria lives in California and marries a soldier who is stationed here for a few years. She wants to stay registered to vote in California.

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