Kegley v. Johnson

Section 24 of the Constitution of Virginia provides, in part, that “No . . . student in any institution of learning [shall] be regarded as having either gained or lost a residence, as to the right of suffrage, by reason of his location or sojourn in such institution.” In this writ of error, we are called upon to decide, for the first time, the effect of this constitutional provision upon the residence requirements for voting in this state.

The controversy arose when Dudley Disosway Johnson, a student at the University of Virginia, made application to Jack N. Kegley, general registrar of…