Wouldn't it be nice if we stopped kicking our service people and their spouses in the gut, while underpaying them as well

It's time to treat spouses fairly. They are the major providers of psychological support for military personnel and deserve respect and support.

Makes sense. Why should a service member's spouse have to establish residency every single time they move due to military orders? They should both be allowed to hold residency in the service member's home state.

I have known military spouses. It is extremely difficult to get a job when you move every few years. We should give spouses the same benefits that their partners get. Military spouses are also giving up a large portion of their lives in service to the country.

I don't think any of those saying no really understand the issue here. Service members are allowed to designate their home state even though they are taken all over the country/world (in service of this country). Its a burden to have to switch taxes every two years (or less depending on how often you PCS). I'll use our situation as an example: this past tax year we had EXTREMELY complicated taxes. My husband's home state is CA, he moved from SC to VA in feb 2016 and I moved in May. VA requires separate filing if both spouses aren't filing in VA so we had to file fed joint, SC joint, VA for me and CA for him. No way we could have tackled that alone so we had someone file them for us for $400. It just simplifies things. And the "tax dodging" complainers, spend a year as a military spouse during deployment with kids and tell me they don't deserve a tax break. Spouses serve, too.

Letting military spouses use the same state of residence that their servicemember claims is an obvious expansion of the existing exception for members of the military. Why punish spouses who are keeping home and hearth for our service members. This should have been done a long time ago.

Why is this even an issue? Stop the anti-military, and the families, attitude

No brainer - family of the service member deserves the benefits of the service member.

You should not be disenfranchised because your spouse serves in the military.

I got the same residency as my husband when I lived overseas for 20 years. Why should these wives be treated any differently? Surely, the US gov isn't trying to maximize profit from our woefully underpaid military?

Having served and the low pay in the military making life difficult for you and Your family I say yes

Wives go through just as much or more than their military partners! They need all the help they can get and this would make a world of help.

In many ways they serve more than the service person. Seems obvious

Any legislation that reduces the hardships on our military families is a good thing. However where the very mention of taxes and voting is in the mix, I become very leery of the legislations intents and possible negativities it produces in the long term.

That's a no brainer.

This is a tangible way of supporting those who are defending our country. We should be making it easier for them due to their service and sacrifice.