<p>I'm from Arizona and by the time the November elections are to take place, I'll be in New Hampshire for college. Had I stayed in Arizona, I obviously would have voted at a local polling station (I'm registered in Arizona). I thought for a while that I would vote in my homestate via an absentee ballot; however, I learned that at my school, 40% of students are registered to vote in New Hampshire (while only 3% of students are residents of the state.) </p>
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Imamura estimated that approximately 40 percent of students are registered to vote in Hanover (NH).
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<p>The article confused me a bit. Am I permitted to vote in NH because I'm a student attending a NH school? Or because I'm a resident of Arizona, am I only permitted to vote in AZ? I know many CC'ers go OOS, so I'm sure many of you have done this. :P Thanks.</p>
<p>You'd have to change your primary place of residence to NH in order to be eligible to vote in NH (that would involve filling out forms, changing your drivers license, registering to vote in your new state, etc.). Otherwise you need to request an absentee ballot so you can vote in your home state of AZ.</p>
<p>No, that's not true. The definition of "primary residence" is pretty sketchy, so it's possible to live in different states for different purposes. I, for example, have my driver's license in Minnesota, and I maintain my home address in Minnesota as my address of record for anything that needs a permanent address, but I vote in California. All I had to do was poke around on the CA secretary of state's website and find the voter registration form, which I think I was able to fill out online. You'll need to prove your residency somehow, but there's probably some kind of documentation you can get from the school for that without much trouble.</p>
<p>You're allowed to register to vote in the state in which you go to college. But you need to do it relatively soon or else you wont be in time to vote in November. Chances are, there's someone at your school with NH voter registration forms (probably both the college democrats and the college republicans have copies).</p>