Should States regulate voter eligibility by residency?

[Dargil]

Should a new state resident be required to have a continual 4 year residency and proof of citizenship before they can vote? This is so they get the feel of the state and not vote like they did in (for example) New Jersey?

Yes

No

Something else

[WindAtMyBack]

I've moved and voted in several states. I can't say for sure it works this way in every state, but it's been this way in the states I've voted in...

If you actually move instead of just visiting, you are required to get a driver 's license in the new state fairly quickly (I think a month or two). When you get a license, you will automatically be dropped as a voter from your previous state. If you do not register in the new state by the deadline, then you won't be able to vote at all. I couldn't vote in 2000 because of that. So you need to register ASAP if an election is coming.

Residency can be defined in different ways. Like for college tuition it usually requires a year of residency to get in-state tuition. But since you are required to get a driver's license much sooner than that, residency for voting is very different than residency for tuition.

The thing is that people should be able to vote somewhere. If they don't vote in the new state, does that mean they should vote in a state they no longer live in? Or do they not vote at all?

Since I've moved a lot, personally I never voted in local polls, and sometimes not in state polls, when I knew I was only a short term resident. That was voluntary. I just didn't feel like I should vote on things that affect long term residents and have little affect on myself.

I grew up and spent much of my life near a military base. They used to move those guys around every couple of years. They'd vote on local issues that had a real affect on locals, then move someplace else. I never liked it, which is probably why I didn't vote on local issues when the roles were reversed.

But what is the alternative? Not let them vote at all? Let them vote someplace they no longer live? Split the ballot with difference residencies for federal, state and local issues?

[AviatorTom]

No, states immediately recognize a person's driver license from another state, or their marriage. Why make them wait to vote?

[DrPepper12]

It's unconstitutional for one and two it's not in any residents - lifers or noobs - interest to have suffrage excluded to the OGs only even if temporary.

[BCA6010]

Proof of citizenship, yes.

No minimum residency requirement.

[Juxtapose]

Yeah I would be okay with that. You shouldn't be able to just change states at the last minute and try to influence the election in a new state.

[msc545]

NO. Stop trying to find ways to supress voting. There is NO voting fraud so your excuses are ust bullshit.

[Dargil]

If you open your eyes, there is.

[bobby_bush_eater]

If you don't is it hypothetically possible to then vote in several states if they were at one point your residence or is that not how it works?

[Anonymous]

Of course, you can't vote in a state without having taken the time to know on what your voting

[Dongie]

Perhaps. Something needs put in place to curb those cheaters on the left.

[exitseven]

No, i would consider this voter suppression.

[jshm2]

That's not how voting works

[OddBeMe]

No. Because there's no evidence voter fraud occurs

[Dargil]

It's not about fraud. It's about bad voting habits.

[OddBeMe]

So because you dont like the way they vote?

[Snakeyes7]

I'd say make it a year or two.

[noohair]

Check the constitution.