Residency is where one chooses to live. Domicile is more permanent and is essentially somebody's home base.A residence is a place of some permanency, while a domicile is a true, fixed permanent home to which an individual intends to return after an absence. See Section L, Meaning of Domicile. A nonresident is any individual who is not a resident. Voting domicile is defined in Elections Code Section 349. (a) "Residence" for voting purposes means a person's domicile. A person's domicile is the place where they have their most settled legal connection. Domicile is intended to be permanent rather than temporary, whereas residence means living in a particular locality and requires mere physical presence. "State of legal residence" (SLR) and "domicile" mean the same thing, namely your true, fixed, and permanent abode.