McGee v. Bragg

By statute and under our constitution an inhabitant has a right “to vote in the town in which he dwells and has his home.” N. H. Const. Pt. II, art. 30; R. L., c. 31, s. 1 and, with exceptions not material in this case, a six months’ residence prior to the day of voting is required. R. L., c. 31, s. 8; Laws 1943, c. 187. It is also provided that a voting residence is not lost by a temporary absence: ‘TO. Temporary Absence. A residence acquired by any person in any town shall not be interrupted or lost by a temporary absence therefrom, with the intention of returning thereto as his home. No…