Huntsman bought his Kalorama home in 2010, but he has yet to register in Washington, D.C. Huntsman still registered in Utah

Jon Huntsman has a $3.6 million home in Washington D.C.’s swank Kalorama neighborhood. But months into his presidential campaign, he’s still registered to vote back in Utah — at the governor’s mansion, which he hasn’t occupied for more than two years.

The Huntsmans bought their Washington home in 2010, shortly before returning from his post as ambassador to China, but he’s yet to register to vote in the District of Columbia, according to Board of Elections and Ethics spokesman Alysoun McLaughlin.


“There is not a registered voter in the District named Jon Huntsman,” McLaughlin said in an email.

Public records and the Salt Lake County Clerk confirmed that Huntsman is still registered to vote in Utah at the governor’s mansion. Huntsman is still eligible to vote in Utah because state law requires only that an individual have the “intention” to return and live in the state at some point in the future, said Sherrie Swensen, the clerk in Salt Lake County where the governor’s mansion is located. He voted by absentee ballot in the 2010 midterm election while he was U.S. ambassador to China for the Obama administration, she said.

The Huntsman campaign has not responded to several inquiries about his voting registration status and where he plans to cast his ballot on Nov. 2, 2012 — or in which state’s primary.

Huntsman’s voter registration has been the subject of speculation previously. Before he jumped into the race, the Salt Lake Tribune reported that Huntsman was still registered to vote from the Utah governor’s mansion, although he had resigned office and was serving as U.S. ambassador to China.

He’s not the only one who’s prompted questions. Though he’s been spending a lot of time in his home in New Hampshire — and remodeling his home in California — the former Massachusetts governor is registered to vote in Belmont, Mass., according to a local official. The home is in Ann Romney’s name, according to public records. Asked whether Mitt Romney lives in Belmont and where he plans to vote in 2012, Gail Gitcho, his communications director, emailed that “he is a resident of Mass.”