<p>Alright, so I am currently in the California 14th district, but I will be going to college in Illinois. According to my MALO, I can choose which ever district to call my home district, but he says since this area is farther from USMA and more liberal, it seems to him CA14 would be less competitive. I talked to the IL district guy and he said that for the class of 2011, their district will be having TWO (count 'em: one, two) slots for USAFA, and on average they have 5 candidates applying to each academy. I’m kinda leaning towards going IL now because of the increased chances (would take 2 einstein kids to ruin my chances instead of 1)… </p>
<p>Does anybody know how to swap districts? is it informal and i just apply for a nomination in IL or is it something involved declaring independence from my parents (in CA) and registering as an IL citizen and whatever? I guess I need to call up my CA14th district and ask if any of the academies have 2 slots for this district for c/o 2011.</p>
<p>Just register to vote.
There may be collateral consequences, e.g. state income taxes or something like that, but I suspect not of enough consequence that anybody would investigate or anything like that.</p>
<p>You must establish your legal residence in IL. Go to the local town hall, register to vote and declare Urbana-Champagne as your legal residence. They will notify Calif. to strike you from their voting list.</p>
<p>Probably need to change your driver’s license to IL. If you are taking a car, don’t know, but I would keep it in your parents name if you can. </p>
<p>Also you are going to need a permanent address in IL, not sure if the college address would work for that, especially for the driver’s license. I would say invest in a PO Box, either at the Post Office or one of those mail stores.</p>
<p>Before doing all this make sure the congressmen you are planning to file papers through do not have their own criteria to declare residency.</p>
<p>That was what I was alluding to re: collateral consequences.
In any event, residency and domicile are two different things; dependency is a different issue also.
Certain facts point towards residency [the place where one actually lives as distinguished from domicile], e.g. voters registration, drivers license, utility bills, etc. Your domicile,[ the person’s true, fixed, principal and permanent home to which that person intends to return and remain even though currently residing elsewhere] however, could be elsewhere, i.e. where you intend to return to. Dependency is a different matter all together, i.e. an IRS matter that relates to whom provides more than 50% of your support, that is not dependent [no pun intended] on your residency.</p>
<p>You establish a residence in your representative’s area, you should qualify for a nomination.</p>
<p>At the end of the day, if you can declare yourself a resident of that district, I don’t think anybody is going to investigate ther est. Although you may want to check with Representative’s office to see if they use the term “resident.”</p>
<p>This is a quote from the Congressional Instructions document that I posted earlier this month. As you see, it says “domiciled” which should mean that you fit the criteria just by living there. Shouldn’t require any additional changes.</p>
<p>Congressional Nominations
Members of Congress may nominate applicants who
meet the eligibility requirements established by law.
Senators nominate from applicants in their entire state. Representatives nominate from applicants domiciled in
their congressional districts
as constituted at the time
of their election. Applicants may apply for and receive
nominations from both their United States Senators and
from their Representative.</p>
<p>from a usma congressional contact:
“Just because he goes to school in your district, doesn’t make him a legal resident. He’s still a resident of CA and needs to apply there unless he votes, pays taxes, has a drivers’ license, etc in IL. And his CA parents could no longer be claiming him as a dependent.”</p>