A. The residence of a person is that place in which habitation is fixed, and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention to return. If a person resides in one place but does business in another, the former is the person’s place of residence. Temporary construction camps do not constitute a dwelling place.

B. A change of residence is made only by the act of removal joined with the intent to remain in another place. There can only be one (1) residence.

C. A person does not gain or lose residence solely by reason of a person’s presence or absence while employed in civil or military service of the United States or of this state, or because of presence or absence due to marriage to a person in the civil or military service of the United States or of this state, or while a student of an institution of learning, or while kept in an institution or asylum at public expense, or while confined in a public prison, or while residing upon an Indian or military reservation, or while residing in the Alaska Pioneers Home.

D. A person does not lose residence if the person leaves home and goes to another country, state, or place within this state for temporary purposes only and with the intention of returning.

E. A person does not gain a residence in a place to which the person comes without a present intent to establish a permanent dwelling there.

F. A person loses residence in this state if the person votes in an election held in another state, either in person or by mail, and will not be eligible to vote in this state until again qualifying under AS 15.05.

G. The term of residence is computed by including the day on which the person’s residence commences and by excluding the day of election. [Ord. 11-13 § 2.]