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California Elections Code Section 349

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(a) "Residence" for voting purposes means a person's domicile.

   (b) The domicile of a person is that place in which his or her
habitation is fixed, wherein the person has the intention of
remaining, and to which, whenever he or she is absent, the person has
the intention of returning.  At a given time, a person may have only
one domicile.
   (c) The residence of a person is that place in which the person's
habitation is fixed for some period of time, but wherein he or she
does not have the intention of remaining.  At a given time, a person
may have more than one residence.

Last modified: January 12, 2009