Sec. 11.
(1) "Residence", as used in this act, for registration and voting purposes means that place at
which a person habitually sleeps, keeps his or her personal effects, and has a regular place of
lodging. If a person has more than 1 residence, or if a person has a residence separate from
that of his or her spouse, that place at which the person resides the greater part of the time
shall be his or her official residence for the purposes of this act. This section does not affect
existing judicial interpretation of the term residence.
(2) An elector does not gain or lose a residence while employed in the service of the United
States or of this state, while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this state, of the United
States, or of the high seas, while a student at an institution of learning, while kept at any state
facility or hospital at public expense, or while confined in a jail or prison. Honorably
discharged members of the armed forces of the United States or of this state who reside in the
veterans' facility established by this state may acquire a residence where the facility is located.
The residence of a person who is a patient receiving treatment at a hospital or other facility
under the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106, is the village, city, or
township where the person resided immediately before admission to the hospital or other
facility.
(3) A member of the armed forces of the United States is not a resident of this state due to
being stationed in a military or naval facility within this state.
(4) For purposes of registering to vote and voting at an election or special election for the
office of judge of a municipal court that exercises jurisdiction over another city pursuant to
section 9928(3) of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.9928, a person
who resides in the other city over which municipal court jurisdiction is exercised is considered
a resident of the city in which the municipal court is located and may register for, and vote in,
that election in the city in which he or she resides.§ 168.11"Residence" defined
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