<p>I was wondering what most out of state students do to cast their votes; vote absentee in their home state or register in MA. Looks like there is an interesting senate race in MA this election…</p>
<p>just a heads-up dad, about registering in Mass bcos it might trigger a request for Jury Duty. Mass is one of the few (only?) states that require OOS college students to attend jury duty; no exceptions allowed. Have to miss class? Too bad. </p>
<p>If you don’t want to miss class, you can schedule JD for school breaks. No housing during summer break? Too bad.</p>
<p>I believe it is about as easy to register to vote in Massachussets as it is to self-identify as a Cherokee on law school job applications. One elicits jury duty, the other hiring preference.</p>
<p>Dear SFBayAreaDad : By the strictest letter of the law, students living at Boston College are effectively “Massachusetts Residents” as they spend 30 weeks per year living in that setting. Rather than registering in Massachusetts however, both of my student’s went through an absentee ballot process here in our home state.</p>
<p>Dear bluebayou : Living in either Walsh and Edmonds (both of which are considered “City of Boston”) can trigger a jury duty call. This is why it is recommended to push the service call to the end of the semester, claim you are leaving Massachusetts (returning “home”), but then “decide to return” for the Fall Semester. Honestly, the cat-and-mouse jury duty game seems to be an annual staple in the Boston area; exactly which students are ducking classes to attend jury duty? One of the puzzling aspects of civic duty calls in the Massachusetts area.</p>
<p>@bluebayou, @stanford78, @scottj thanks for the responses. We didn’t think about the jury duty aspect…looks like my son will do CA absentee.</p>