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...Edward J. Samp, Jr., a member of the Election Commission, said yesterday that he has seen "no evidence" that the City Manager, John J. Curry '19, has ordered, or that the Police Department has in fact undertaken, such an investigation...
...spot check of about 30 names on the list of 950 has so far turned up only one person who is not qualified to vote, Samp said. The Election Commission conducts a sample check every year, but to investigate each of the names on the list would be beyond its resources...
...list of "conditionally registered" voters consists of individuals whose names did not appear on the Police Department's tabulation of city residents, but who were enrolled as voters by attesting to their residence in Cambridge before the Election Commission, Samp explained...
...right to vote depends on more than just residence in the city, however. "I have yet to find a conditionally registered person who was not physically present at the address given," Samp said. The question the Election Commission must decide is whether a person's residence actually constitutes domicile, he explained...
...Samp said that a police investigation could only determine the fact of physical presence at an address. To ascertain domicile the Election Commission also considers such factors as--in the case of students--whether they have a residence in another state, whether they intend to remain in Cambridge after receiving their degree, and whether they are partially or wholly self-supporting...