RESIDENCE OF SPOUSES OF SERVICEMEMBERS FOR VOTING.

SEC. 303. RESIDENCE OF SPOUSES OF SERVICEMEMBERS FOR VOTING. (a) In General.—Section 705(b) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 4025(b)) is amended— (1) by striking “State or local office” and all that follows through the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting “State or local office—”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(1) a person who is absent from a State because the person is accompanying the person’s spouse who is absent from that same State in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason of that absence— “(A) be deemed to have lost a residence or domicile in that State, without regard to whether or not the person intends to return to that State; “(B) be deemed to have acquired a residence or domicile in any other State; or “(C) be deemed to have become a resident in or a resident of any other State; and “(2) the spouse of a servicemember may elect to use the same residence as the servicemember regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember occurred.” . (b) [50 U.S.C. 4025 note] Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.