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Heading: O’Neill’s Residency in Athens County

Text: {¶ 2} O’Neill graduated from Ohio University in Athens County in 2013. She left Athens County in 2015 to attend Vermont Law School. On June 29, 2019, her house in Vermont was struck by lightning, and the resulting fire destroyed the building and most of her possessions. O’Neill sent the possessions she could salvage to her parents’ home in Geauga County, Ohio, where she also temporarily forwarded her mail. She completed the requirements of her law degree on September 1 and then, using her parents’ address, registered to vote in Geauga County on October 4, 2019. {¶ 3} O’Neill then began to look for employment and a place to live in Athens County. On October 14, she began working in Athens County collecting signatures for the House Bill 6 referendum campaign. That same day, she began staying in Athens County with a friend while searching for an apartment of her own in Athens County. {¶ 4} On October 31, 2019, she met with Bob Prebe, a representative of a company that managed an apartment in Nelsonville, Ohio, in Athens County. On November 1, O’Neill agreed to a nine-month lease commencing on that date. O’Neill offered to pay the rent and security deposit on November 2 or 3, but at Prebe’s request, she met with him on Monday, November 4, when she made her payment, including three months’ rent, and got the keys to the apartment. That same day, O’Neill began moving into the apartment.