Residence

Definition

A voter’s place of residence is critical to determining where she may vote and for which candidates she is eligible to vote. The “pri ncipal or primary home or place of abode of a person. Principal or primary home or place of abode is that home or place in which the person's habitation is fixed and to which a person, whenever he or she is absent, has the present intention of returning after a departure or abse nce therefrom, regardless of the duration of the absence.” D. C. Code Ann. §1-1001.02(16)(A).