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NH rulings: domicile equals residency for voting, driving paperwork often required when voters domesticate
Summary
At a Feb. 21 Election Law Subcommittee hearing, the secretary of state and ACLU counsel described recent New Hampshire precedent holding that domicile and residency are effectively the same for voting and explained how that can trigger driver's-license and vehicle-registration requirements for people who vote and drive in the state.
At a Feb. 21 working session, the Election Law Subcommittee heard legal and administrative testimony about how New Hampshire law treats domicile and residency for voting purposes and what that means for people who vote while living temporarily in the state.
The subcommittee examined two principal legal touchpoints: a 2018 advisory opinion from the New Hampshire Supreme Court and the 2020 state-court decision in Casey v. Secretary of State. The court decisions, and federal litigation that followed, were described by Henry Klementowicz of the ACLU of New Hampshire and by Secretary Scanlon of the Office of the Secretary of State.
Why it matters: under the recent readings of state law, registering to vote in New Hampshire is a claim that the registrant is domiciled…
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