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Residency,Qualifications, and
LawMarch 31, 2010
5 qualifications required by the NC Constitution
1. Born in the US or
naturalized
2.18 years of age
resided in the State of North Carolina for
one year
No
3.resided in current “precinct, ward or
other electoral district” for 30 days
4.Not a felon
or rights restored
5.registered
“Every person presenting himself for registration shall be
able to read and write
“any section of the Constitution in the English language”
No
The mirror image cases1.Carolina Beach
19342.Kure Beach
1952
What is residency?The statute:GS 163-57
“That place shall be considered the residence of a
person . . .
“in which that person’s habitation is
fixed . . .
“and to which, whenever that person is absent, that person has the intention of
returning.”
What is residency?The cases
“residence”vs.
“domicile”
“[R]esidence [for voting] is synonymous with domicile, denoting a permanent dwelling place, to which the party, when absent, intends to return.” 1948
“A domicile, once established, is presumed to
continue. It is never lost until a new one is
established, and the burden of proof rests upon the person who alleges a
change.” 1972
1. Actual abandonment of the first domicile
2. Intent not to return3. New domicile with
intent to be a permanent home 1948
“[A] person has domicile for voting purposes at a place if
he (1) has abandoned his prior home, (2) has a present intention to make that place
his home, and (3) has no intention presently to leave
that place.” 1978
“A person’s testimony regarding his intention with respect to acquiring a new
domicile or retaining his old one is competent evidence,
but it is not conclusive of the question.” 1972
“We have not ignored defendant’s declarations
concerning his domicile. We must point out, however, that conduct is of greater
evidential value than expressions of intent.” 1994
GS 163-57: “That place shall be considered the residence of a person in
which that person’s habitation is fixed . . .
and to which, whenever that person is absent, that person has the intention of
returning.”
on a line:bedroom rule
homeless:“the location of the usual sleeping area
for that person”
Teachers, federal government service, state
government service, elected officials
spouses may have separate domiciles
A student may register at college town, if she “has no intent to return to the student’s former home
after graduation.”Need not intend to stay in
Boone afterward
“If a person removes to [another place] with the intention of
remaining there an indefinite time and making [that place his or her] place of residence, that person shall be considered to
have lost [the old place as residence] . . .
notwithstanding that the person may entertain an
intention to return at some future time.”
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