50 USC App 595: Guarantee of residency for military personnel
Text contains those laws in effect on January 8, 2008
From Title 50-AppendixSERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACTACT OCT. 17, 1940, CH. 888, 54 STAT. 1178TITLE VII-FURTHER RELIEF
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§595. Guarantee of residency for military personnel
For the purposes of voting for any Federal office (as defined in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431)) or a State or local office, a person who is absent from a State in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason of that absence-
(1) be deemed to have lost a residence or domicile in that State, without regard to whether or not the person intends to return to that State;
(2) be deemed to have acquired a residence or domicile in any other State; or
(3) be deemed to have become a resident in or a resident of any other State.
(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title VII, §705, as added