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Dear Mr. Fowler:

You have requested an Attorney General's opinion on the following issue:

Should a person be allowed to register to vote where he provides a residence address which merely describes a specific area of residence but does not provide an address containing a street name and municipal number?

This issue has arisen as a result of homeless individuals who do not reside inside a specific residence. You state that you have been advised that some of these individuals registering to vote plan to list their residence addresses as either an area or a named park located between known streets…