Before last year’s election, Blanchard hadn’t voted in Georgia since 2008. Her Georgia voter registration was
canceled in 2017 because of inactivity, and she re-registered in 2019. It’s unclear whether she was
automatically registered when she renewed her Georgia’s driver’s license. She’s not registered to vote in Texas.
State law determines residency based on where a voter’s “habitation is fixed,” and those who move to another state with the intention of making it their residence lose their eligibility to vote in Georgia.
Blanchard and Walker purchased their Texas property in 2011 and receive a homestead exemption on their property taxes, according to public records. Homestead exemptions are granted to homeowners for their legal residence. Blanchard didn’t claim a homestead exemption on her Fulton County property last year.