“the push to register new out-of-state students as soon as they step foot on the campus” was not our experience.
I never said that was everyone’s experience. YMMV.
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Is is possible to vote absentee in your home state, but then in person in your college state? Would there be any check on that? Not advocating that, just interested to know how that could possibly be prevented
Voting twice is a felony, so it presents a huge risk for little reward. When you register in your new state they send your name to your old district to be removed from the voter rolls there. I know in Maine you either have to present a Maine ID of the last 4 #s of your Social Security # when you register to vote.
There’s been extremely little evidence of people voting twice. What is more common is that people have registered in 2 places but only voted once, and the voter rolls in the old state have not yet been changed to reflect the new registration, making it look as if someone might be trying to double dip.
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DxxM straight I do. One is a minor regulatory infraction. Pay the $15 fine or whatever. The other is an attempt to roll back a fundamental right paid for at the costs of 10000s of lives.
That’s like saying overlooking a jaywalker is akin to allowing kidnapping.
I agree with @T26E4 . This was a deliberate and premeditated act designed to subvert the rights of legitimate voters. It is nothing like not knowing you are supposed to get a new drivers license.
It’s in the Washington Post:
Most states don’t consider failure to pay taxes a minor regulatory infraction. Likewise if you get into an accident without a valid driver’s license, your insurance company might not think that minor either.
Note: None of the above excuses that this is an attempt at voter suppression.
^ My son got into an accident a few months ago on the Mass Pike. Police were involved and a person ticketed (not my son.) His car was registered in MA but his license was from NYS. It was a valid license as it had several more years before expiration. No one batted an eyelash that his license was OOS. I’m also pretty sure (but not 100%) that he had to give the insurers ( the Mass based company Plymouth Rock) a copy of his drivers license #) along with info on car registration to become insured.
My son had a job on campus and he had to file a Maine income tax form. He also worked on breaks in NYS and filed taxes on that income.
Millions of people don’t live in the states where they work.
I think the giant difference here is intent.
On that we agree.
Voter registration should be encouraged, but along with that should be a statement of expected follow-up actions.
I think it’s important to consider this can be “student” specific. Google around. VA says, “The following information is specific to college students”
And, “Legal residence for voter registration purposes may or may not be the same as legal residence for census, driver’s license, federal and state income tax, state vehicle tax, tuition, or financial aid purposes.”
True. However,
The ACLU has asked the DOJ to investigate Le Page for voter intimidation. I hope he is busted.
No surprise there. Income is taxed by states based on where it is earned. All states that have an income tax have provisions for taxing non-residents who earn income in that state. If your son was registered to vote in Maine while he was attending Bates, he should have filed taxes on income earned in Maine as a Maine resident.
An individual can only be a legal resident of one state at any one time.
“No surprise there. Income is taxed by states based on where it is earned. All states that have an income tax have provisions for taxing non-residents who earn income in that state. If your son was registered to vote in Maine while he was attending Bates, he should have filed taxes on income earned in Maine as a Maine resident.”
No he didn’t. He filed taxes there as an out of state resident - which he was.
Residence for voting purposes is clearly separated from the other “legal resident” definitions. Not all states have this loophole. The sub text for voting does say, registration in only one state.
Different states will enforce differently.
And you get a W2 from the employer, indicating the state in which income was earned, then file R or NR.
Residency for various purposes may not all be the same. For example, residency for in-state public college tuition purposes may have a waiting period and/or depend on one’s parents, even if one lives, works, pays taxes, and/or votes in the state.