Stewart v. Kyser

Citations

• 105 Cal. 459
• 39 P. 19
• 1895 Cal. LEXIS 679

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional Law—Qualifications of Electors—Gaining or Losing Residence—Intention.—The fourth section of the second article of the State constitution, which provides that “ for the purpose of voting no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the United States, nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this state, or of the United States, or of the high seas, nor while a student at any seminary of learning, nor while kept at any almshouse or other asylum at public expense, nor while confined in any public prison,” does not preclude the gaining of a residence for the purpose of voting, by soldiers, college students, or inhabitants of a Veterans’ Home, or infirmary, upon proof of their intention to acquire a domicile in the county of which they are the inhabitants.</p>