<p>I'm currently a resident of CA, but am moving to MA for college. What resident am I a state of and how can I exercise my voting rights?</p>
<p>Going to a state for educational purposes only does not qualify you for residency. Therefore, you are still a resident of California. As for voting, you can vote by mail. See this site: [Vote</a> By Mail - Elections & Voter Information - California Secretary of State](<a href=“http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_m.htm]Vote”>http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_m.htm)</p>
<p>Actually, college students may vote where they go to college. But doing so will not help make you a resident of that state for tuition purposes.</p>
<p>You may either vote in Mass., or vote by absentee ballot in Calif.</p>
<p>But you can’t do both, of course.</p>
<p>[Student</a> Voting Rights | Brennan Center for Justice](<a href=“http://www.brennancenter.org/studentvoting]Student”>New Voter Guide Explains Rights of Student Voters | Brennan Center for Justice)</p>
<p>Check this website out. It seems as if you will be able to vote in Massachusetts.</p>
<p>I go to school in Oh, I was allowed to register, as were countless others. Use your dorm address.</p>
<p>I am also going to school out of state from Michigan to Iowa. I am leaning towards being a registered voter in Iowa, one reason due to possible involment of the Iowa caucus. I also plan to switch my drivers license to Iowa. All in all I rather live in Iowa before Michigan which have no good large cities greater than 100k besides Grand Rapids. Although I prefer Iowa over Michigan it’s not my ideal place to land a job with my college degree(s). MASSACHUSETTS has the city of Boston while California has three great cities. I think all of it is really base on personal prefernce.</p>
<p>I was able to register at my college, outside of my residency district but still instate. You spend enough time there to qualify as a voter.</p>
<p>IIRC, there was a Supreme Court decision that allows college students to vote where their school is located and still keep legal residency in their home state (if desired). I go to school in AL, but I vote absentee in WA because I feel I have more of a say in my government via initiatives and such (which AL doesn’t currently offer). </p>
<p>You can always change your voter’s registration later on.</p>
<p>Thanks! I’ll probably register in MA, since I feel my vote matters more in a small town than in a large city. Sea, you’re right-- the case is Symm v. US.</p>