No problem with voting rights for New Hampshire full-time RVers
New Hampshire residents and visitors to the state who live full time in RVs can vote there under most circumstances.
Nationally, the U.S. Census says more than 100,000 Americans live full time in RVs, and many of them are uncertain about where they can vote or have had their voting rights taken taken away. In some states, election officials have purged RV residents from their voting rolls if their only official address is a post office box.
But in New Hampshire, Deputy Secretary of State David Scanlan says that full-time RV residents who sell their New Hampshire homes and head off on the road full time can vote, as long as they haven’t established a legal residence elsewhere.
RV owners who come to New Hampshire also can vote, says Scanla, as long as they establish a permanent residence by renting a space, buying a piece of land or setting up their RV on a family member’s land, or doing something similar.
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November 11th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
The civil rights do-gooders have already convinced the courts that just because someone does not live in an apartment or house they are still entitled to vote. In California, drug addicts and other transients are allowed to register to vote as long as they can adequately describe what freeway overpass they sleep under, or what park they are sleeping in. There are no laws on the books anywhere I know of that say one must own a house or rent a property in order to excercise their Constitutional right to cast a ballot.
I would think that if the government refuses to allow responsible full time RVers their right to vote, even though they have spent their entire lives paying taxes and raising families and who now choose to live on the road, tell the registrars of the various counties and states you are homeless drug addicts living on the streets and you should be able to vote!
November 15th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
I am a “stickhouse” homeowner, as well as an RVer. I pay taxes to support my municipality as well as our roads and streets, in addition to what the full-time RVer pays in his licensing and fuel taxes. I don’t know what the full-timer pays in comparison. Those of us that have served in our military have a saying that goes something like this: If you don’t like the way we live in the United States of America, go somewheres that lives like you want to live and let us live in peace.
November 15th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
I am a “stick” homeowner, as well as an RVer. I take exception to the “crybabies” that are complaining about not being able to vote because they have taken the option of selling their homes to travel full-time in their RVs. No one twisted their arms to do that, they made the decision(s) themselves. I pay my taxes to my municipality and am awarded comparably. Those of us in military backgrounds have a saying that goes something like this: If you don’t like the way we do things in the USA, go somewheres where your way may be better and let those of us that want to be freedom-loving Americans live our lives in peace.
November 25th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
States that do that want to suck you into paying those highway robbery taxes that they have. Why waste your time? Go to South Dakota. No state income tax, very low insurance, in the county that I’m registered in (I’m using a mail forwarding company, Rapid City, Pennington County), they don’t care if you use Wal-Marts parking lot as your address so long as you say you spent one night there.