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service of the member, is absent from the place of residence | | where the spouse or dependent is otherwise qualified to vote. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 21-A MRSA §112, sub-§§4, 7 and 8, as amended by PL 1993, c. 695, | | §3, are further amended to read: |
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| | | 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 | | service voters, students and others covered by subsection 7. |
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| | | 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 | the United States or of this State | | 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. |
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| | | 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 | | who is required to be in a place other than that in which the | | person has gained a voting residence. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 21-A MRSA §112, sub-§§10 and 11, as amended by PL 1993, c. 695, | | §4, are further amended to read: |
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| | | 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 while | in the Armed Forces | | gained a voting residence in the municipality in which the person | | resided at the time the person became such a patient, employee or | member of the Armed Forces |
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| | | 11. Spouse of member of uniformed service or merchant marine. | A spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty | | may have the same voting residence as that person's spouse who is | | a member of the uniformed service or merchant marine. A |
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