Keep in mind there can be a significant difference between "residency" and "domicile".

Edited May 20, 2018 by Dutch_12078

Seriously, no one should be able to use Wal-Mart as their legal address.  Think it through slowly and realize the possibilities.

We vote in every election in South Dakota but choose not to be careful of local issues.

But to cede the right to vote in local policies could lead to something like a property tax on a "virtual mailbox" to enhance local revenues.  Impossible?  Look back at the stunt done in Livingston a few years back to exclude any absentee ballots not verified is a few days of notification because the absentee ballots favored one political party.

Residency versus domicile.  Yes, we get just one place to vote from, or at least we should only have one place to vote from. 

You will note I said people needed to vote, I did not say they had to be present.

Apprently designating a Walmart parking lot as your residence for voter registration purposes would be legal:

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Can someone who is homeless register and vote?
Yes. Persons experiencing homelessness can register and vote in all 50 states.

What should this person list as his or her home address?
It is recommended homeless registrants list a shelter address as their voting address where they could receive mail. Alternatively, homeless registrants may denote a street corner or a park as their residence, in lieu of a traditional home address. The federal voter registration form and many state forms provide a space for this purpose.

Now apparently as well as a receipt for 1 night at a campground or hotel SD requires a piece of mail with your name and an address in SD in order to get a DL. That should effectively stop people using Walmart as an address.

We'll be renewing our DL's in 2019 so we'll see then what changes may be made.

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I really doubt that those with mail forwarding address anywhere vote in local elections.... and they shouldn't. If you don't stay in that locale then you are not up-to-date on the people or issues.  By all means, vote in national elections.

  On 5/23/2018 at 1:58 AM, 2gypsies said:

I really doubt that those with mail forwarding address anywhere vote in local elections.... and they shouldn't. If you don't stay in that locale then you are not up-to-date on the people or issues.  By all means, vote in national elections.

Not sure what you mean.  Are you saying that they should only vote for President?  Aren't all other elections either local or State?

  On 5/22/2018 at 9:29 PM, scouserl41 said:

Now apparently as well as a receipt for 1 night at a campground or hotel SD requires a piece of mail with your name and an address in SD in order to get a DL.

Something to keep in mind when you go for renewal, we were told that the pieces of mail (we were told we needed two each) had to have dated cancellations or "meter" stamps. Bulk mail or any mail with undated postage wasn't acceptable.  This was, of course, to meet the requirement that the mail had to be from within one year from the date of the license renewal.

FWIW, just for the fun of it, we went to Madison SD for our renewal so we could say hello to Terri who runs the MyDakotaAddress office there.  She "presented us" with everything we needed to take to the licensing office other than the CG/hotel receipt that we had provided.  I'm sure the other mail forwarding outfits would do the same.

  On 5/23/2018 at 2:52 AM, chirakawa said:

Not sure what you mean.  Are you saying that they should only vote for President?  Aren't all other elections either local or State?

If you don't actually live where your domicile address is, such as, perhaps, Livingston, TX, I don't feel it the right thing to do to vote in the local elections if you don't know the people you're voting for or don't know the issues involved.  This even goes for state elections if you are never in the state and don't keep up with those involved.

  On 5/23/2018 at 1:58 AM, 2gypsies said:

I really doubt that those with mail forwarding address anywhere vote in local elections.... and they shouldn't. If you don't stay in that locale then you are not up-to-date on the people or issues.  By all means, vote in national elections.

It's too bad they don't make any sort of information system whereby a person could research topics of interest in other locations.  I bet a person could make a lot of money inventing something like that.