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Residency And Democracy: Durational Residency Requirements From The Framers To The Present, Eugene D. Mazo
Residency And Democracy: Durational Residency Requirements From The Framers To The Present, Eugene D. Mazo
Florida State University Law Review
After years of struggle, we no longer require property ownership, employ poll taxes, or force citizens to take literary tests to vote. The franchise is now also open to women, African Americans, and other groups that were previously disenfranchised. However, our states still prevent citizens from voting if they fail to meet a durational residency requirement. The states also impose lengthy durational residency requirements on candidates seeking public office. This Article examines the history of America’s durational residency requirements. It looks at the debates of the framers at the Constitutional Convention, at how state durational residency requirements were broadened in …