The Never Resided Act

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Policy Status

  • Type: Model Policy
  • Status: Draft
  • Date Introduced: December 4, 2025

Task Forces

  • Process and Procedures

    • Tags

  • SNPS 2025

    • Summary

    This ACT sets limitations on the locations voters can register to vote if they have never resided in the United States.
    Draft

    The Never Resided Act

    Section 1. Section [         ] is enacted to read: 

    Legislative Findings 

    The Legislature finds that: 

    (A) The U.S. Constitution expressly recognizes that, absent specific Constitutional provisions or acts of Congress, states are primarily responsible for establishing the qualifications to vote in federal elections: 

    1. Article I, Section 2, Clause 1: “…the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.” 
    2. Amendment XVII: “The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures.” 
    3. Article II, Section 2: “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors…”

    (B) To be qualified and eligible to vote under the laws and constitution of this state, a voter must be a resident of this state. 

    (C) No provision of the U.S. Constitution or any federal law extends the right to vote to individuals who were never domiciled in the United States. 

    (D) An individual who was never domiciled in the United States cannot establish residency in this state and therefore is not qualified to vote in this state. 

    Section 2. Section [         ] is enacted to read:  Never Resided Citizens Prohibited from Voting 

    A United States citizen who was never domiciled in the United States is not eligible to register to vote or to vote in this state. 

    Section 3. Section [         ] is enacted to read: Residence in United States Required 

    Residence may not be established in this state if the person was never domiciled in the United States.