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116.035 Determination of voter's residence.

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116.035 Determination of voter's residence. The following rules, so far as applicable, shall be observed in determining the residence <br>of a person offering to vote: <br>(1) A voter's residence shall be deemed to be at the place where his or her habitation is, and to which, when absent, he or she has the intention of returning; (2) A voter shall not lose his or her residence by absence for temporary purposes merely; nor shall he or she obtain a residence by being in a county or precinct for <br>such temporary purposes, without the intention of making that county or precinct <br>his or her home; (3) A voter shall lose his or her residence by removal to another state or county with intention to make his or her permanent residence there, or by removal to and <br>residence in another state, with intention to reside there an indefinite time, or by <br>voting there, even though he or she may have had the intention to return to this state <br>at some future period; (4) The place where the family of a married person resides shall generally be considered his or her residence, unless the family so resides for a temporary <br>purpose. If his family is permanently in one (1) place, and he or she transacts <br>business in another, the former shall be the residence. Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 3, effective June 21, 1974.