LD 1486
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LR 1938
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of residence in the State where the member is otherwise
qualified to vote;

 
B.__A member of the merchant marine who, by reason of
service in the merchant marine, is absent from the place
of residence where the member is otherwise qualified to
vote; or

 
C.__A spouse or dependent of a member referred to in
paragraph A or B who, by reason of the active duty or
service of the member, is absent from the place of
residence where the spouse or dependent is otherwise
qualified to vote.

 
Sec. 5. 21-A MRSA §112, sub-§§4, 7 and 8, as amended by PL 1993, c. 695,
§3, are further amended to read:

 
4. Separate residence. The place where a person's family
resides is presumed to be the person's place of residence, but
a person may acquire a separate residence if the person takes
another abode with the intention of remaining there. This
subsection does not apply to armed forces personnel uniformed
service voters, students and others covered by subsection 7.

 
7. Uniformed service voters, students, institutional
patients, Indians. A person does not gain or lose a residence
solely because of the person's presence or absence while
employed in the Armed Forces uniformed service or the merchant
marine of the United States or of this State, while a student
in any institution of learning, while kept in any institution
at public expense or while residing upon any Indian or
military reservations. This subsection may not be construed
to prevent a student at any institution of learning from
qualifying as a voter in the municipality where the student
resides while attending that institution.

 
8. Voting residence retained. A person who has gained a
voting residence in a municipality retains it, if the person
so desires, when the person becomes a patient at a federal
institution or an employee of a federal agency where the
person is required to reside on land ceded to the Federal
Government by the State. This subsection applies to a member
of the Armed Forces uniformed service, merchant marine or the
National Guard who is required to be in a place other than
that in which the person has gained a voting residence.

 
Sec. 6. 21-A MRSA §112, sub-§§10 and 11, as amended by PL 1993, c. 695,
§4, are further amended to read:

 
10. Becoming 18 on federal property. A person who becomes
18 years of age while residing on federal property as a
patient at a federal institution or an employee of a federal
agency, or


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