How does that all work regarding voting - if you're a college student

[Mind_your_head]

registered to vote in your 'home' state, yet going to college in another state (and will BE at college - not at 'home') - on election day? Can that student register to vote in the state/district/county where they go to college? What happens to their registration back in their 'home' state? Do the rules vary from state-to-state?

TIA for information on this.

[glowing]

1. Depends on what the college student wants to do.. Yes, they can register

to vote where they are living at college.. If they want to stay registered where they live, that request an absentee ballot to be sent to the college address.. Decide which state would benefit most, and vote there is what I would say.

[alphafemale]

2. As I understand it, you can either vote absentee, or register in your new area.

The new registration will invalidate your other addresses registration.

If you move back you can register again.

If you want to register where you are you should probably do so pretty quick.

Deadlines are approaching in many states.

If you decide you want an absentee ballot mailed to you that is something you don't want to delay either.

[Ms. Toad]

3. When I was in college, I registered to vote at college

You can register either at home or at college. I've been encouraging my daughter (at a very liberal college in Ohio) to encourage her classmates from safe states to register in Ohio :)

[alarimer]

4. It probably depends on the state but out-of-state students are not residents.

They should not be able to vote at college if they pay out-of-state tuition. I am sure laws vary though.

[fishwax]

5. registering to vote can be a path to establishing residency

for tuition purposes. But I know many students never take advantage of that opportunity ...

[stillcool]

8. I voted in 1976...

while I was in college in Boston. Have things changed?

[Mind_your_head]

9. I think the first three replys are correct.

But in a general reply to 'you':

They should not be able to vote at college if they pay out-of-state tuition.

Why not? :wtf:

[stillcool]

6. Here's some stuff...

The Supreme Court of the United States struck down one-year residency requirements to vote in Dunn v. Blumstein 405 U.S. 330 (1972).<23> The Court ruled that limits on voter registration of up to 30 to 50 days prior to an election were permissible for logistical reasons, but that residency requirements in excess of that violated equal protection as granted under the Fourteenth Amendment according to strict scrutiny.

this site has a list of states and what their residency requirements are..

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781452.html
Residency Requirements for Voting

The Supreme Court decision of March 21, 1972, declared lengthy requirements for voting in state and local elections unconstitutional and suggested that 30 days was an ample period. Most of the states have changed or eliminated their durational residency requirements to comply with the ruling, as shown. Note, for all states, in order to register to vote, an applicant must be a U.S. citizen, a legal resident of the state, and 18 years old on or before election day. Additionally, most states do not permit an individual to vote if he or she is a convicted felon currently serving time in prison or has been declared mentally incompetent by a court of law.

this site has an interactive map that sheds some clarity..

http://www.brennancenter.org/studentvoting


Student Voting Rights
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment gives 18 to 21 year olds a voice in our democracy. Students who leave home to attend college should have the right to choose where they vote. In most states it is possible for students to make this choice, but the laws governing voting eligibility can be tricky, confusing, or downright restrictive. Students can be unfairly targeted by election officials or partisan challengers and often have trouble establishing residency where they live and attend school.

[kitkat65]

7. Your best bet is to go to your states Secretary of State's website

and look for the applicable laws. If you're going to school in another state from your parents, check both states laws.

Here in Ohio, you can either vote in your home state via absentee ballot (you must contact that state for the absentee ballot) or you can register to vote here in Ohio but you cannot vote absentee ballot in your home state. I don't know how they check such things to make sure you've followed the law.

[Rocknrule]

10. If I remember correctly, you just have to re-register in the new state you're in

although in my case, I just had to switch counties