§ § 1302Residence of electors

(a) General rule.--
       (1) For the purpose of registration and voting, no
   individual shall be deemed to have gained a residence by
   reason of presence or lost a residence by reason of absence
   in any of the following circumstances:
           (i) Being employed in the service, either civil or
       military, of this Commonwealth or of the United States.
           (ii) Being engaged in the navigation of the waters
       of this Commonwealth or of the United States or on the
       high seas.
           (iii) Being in an institution at public expense.
       This subparagraph does not apply to a veteran who resides
       in a home for disabled and indigent soldiers and sailors
       maintained by the Commonwealth. Such a veteran may elect
       to utilize that residence for registration and voting
       or elect to vote as an absentee elector by the use of
       an absentee ballot.
       (2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall preclude any elector
   eligible under section 1301 (relating to qualifications to
   register) from establishing the district of residence as the
   election district of residence pursuant to subsection (b).
       (3) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
   no individual who is confined in a penal institution shall
   be deemed a resident of the election district where the
   institution is located. The individual shall be deemed to
   reside where the individual was last registered before being
   confined in the penal institution, or, if there was no
   registration prior to confinement, the individual shall be
   deemed to reside at the last known address before
   confinement.
       (4) An individual who resides at an institution for the
   mentally ill or the mentally retarded, if otherwise qualified
   under section 1301, shall be deemed at the individual's
   option a resident in one of the following:
           (i) The district where the institution is located.
           (ii) The district where the individual was last
       registered to vote before entering the institution. For
       purposes of this subparagraph, if the individual was not
       registered before entering the institution, the
       individual shall be deemed to reside at the last known
       address before entering the institution.
   (b) Rules for determination.--The following apply:
       (1) That the place shall be considered the residence
   of an individual in which habitation is fixed and to which,
   whenever the individual is absent, the individual has the
   intention of returning.
       (2) An individual shall not be considered to have lost
   residence if the individual leaves home and goes into another
   state or another election district for temporary purposes
   only, with the intention of returning.
       (3) An individual shall not be considered to have gained
   a residence in an election district if the individual comes
   into that district for temporary purposes only, without the
   intention of making that election district a permanent place
   of abode.

      (4) If an individual removes to another state with the
  intention of making that state the permanent residence, the
  individual shall be considered to have lost residence in
  this Commonwealth.
      (5) If an individual removes to another state with the
  intention of remaining there an indefinite time and making
  that state the place of residence, the individual shall be
  considered to have lost residence in this Commonwealth,
  notwithstanding an intention to return at some indefinite
  future period.
      (6) If an individual goes into another state and, while
  there, votes in an election held by that state, the
  individual shall be considered to have lost residence in
  this Commonwealth.
      (7) An individual employed in the service of the Federal
  Government or of the Commonwealth and required thereby to
  be absent from the municipality where the individual resided
  when entering that employment and the spouse of the
  individual may remain registered in the district where the
  individual resided immediately prior to entering that
  employment, and the individual and the spouse shall be
  enrolled in the political party designated by the individual
  or spouse without declaring a residence by street and number.
          (i) An individual who registers under this paragraph
      for Commonwealth employment must produce a certificate
      from the head of the State agency, under the seal of
      office, setting forth that the individual or the
      individual's spouse is actually employed in the service
      of the Commonwealth and setting forth the nature of the
      employment and the time when the employee first entered
      the employment. The commission shall retain certificates
      under this subparagraph.
          (ii) The commission shall note on the registration
      record of each individual registered under this paragraph
      the fact of Federal or State employment.
          (iii) At least once every two years the commission
      shall verify the employment of the individuals registered
      under this paragraph at the proper Federal or State
      office. If an individual is found to be no longer a
      Federal or State employee, the individual's registration
      shall be canceled under Chapter 15 (relating to changes
      in records).

                        SUBCHAPTER B
                          PROCEDURE
Sec.
1321. Methods of voter registration.
1322. In-person voter registration.
1323. Application with driver's license application.
1324. Application by mail.
1325. Government agencies.
1326. Time (Repealed).
1327. Preparation and distribution of applications.
1328. Approval of registration applications.
1328.1. SURE registration number.
1329. Challenges.
1330. Appeals (Repealed).