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Some Indiana residents have raised the question that it may not be.
He’s using the governor’s mansion as his address, however, the governor’s mansion has had a new occupant for some years.
“ Under Indiana law, a person cannot have residency both inside and outside of the state, so Hoosiers have questions.
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Pence's team cites Indiana Code 3-5-5-1, "A person does not lose residency in a precinct in Indiana by reason of a person's absence on business of the United States. But the state's residency law also says in IC 3-5-5-9, "if a person is physically present within another state with the intention of remaining in the other state for an indefinite time...the person loses residency in the precinct…"
Per the article, Pence’s team has not said whether he plans to return to Indiana, but he owns no property there and since he lives in “temporary government-provided housing” his address reverts to his last legal address, which is the governor’s mansion.
Of course, they’ll let him and Mother vote, but, seriously?
the current governor of Indiana is not Pence's mother, though, and he has no reasonable expectation of living at that address again even on a short term basis, the way many recent college graduates might before they get established in a new location.
I do think this is potentially problematic. I am not suggesting that Pence is trying to vote twice, but it would be interesting to know if he has been filing taxes as an Indiana resident and paying those state taxes.
From my recollection, all recent Presidents and Vice Presidents have owned property in the state they continued to claim as their legal residence and continued to vote in that location. I think Pence's connection to Indiana is clearly much more tenuous and it could be that he should be subject to the voting laws of the location he currently resides in, when he has no other residence to claim.
I believe all Congress and senators goes back to their home states to vote, the VP mansion doesn’t belong to the Vice President, it belongs to the government. It isn’t his permanent residence.
I believe all Congress and senators goes back to their home states to vote, the VP mansion doesn’t belong to the Vice President, it belongs to the government. It isn’t his permanent residence.
And the Indiana's governor's mansion belongs to the people of Indiana, not Mike Pence. It certainly isn't his permanent residence. It just seems like a tenuous connection to me to claim voting status in a state.
I have no problem with politicians who still have a home in their home state using that as their official residence for voting purposes. That even includes Donald Trump voting as a Florida resident, although it would be nice if he'd lose the hypocrisy about other people utilizing mail in ballots as well.
It just strikes me as odd for Pence to use a former residence in this manner.
Why would this be an issue? Every senator and representative "lives" in DC most of the year, rather or not they own property or rent somewhere else. Should everyone in government service be denied the right to vote?
Why would this be an issue? Every senator and representative "lives" in DC most of the year, rather or not they own property or rent somewhere else. Should everyone in government service be denied the right to vote?
Nice strawman you got there. Who said anyone should be denied the right to vote? The discussion is about where people claim residency to determine the jurisdiction they vote in
All Washington Politicians do this.they then go home to vote.......Are you new to this or are just trying to up your 'rep count '??
Pence doesn’t actually have a home to go back to.
Pretty sure he had to return the keys to the Governor’s mansion when his successor took office.
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