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Northern Mariana Islands

**Chiefly governed by US Code, other local electoral laws unavailable for review**

General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1976, as amended 2005)

  • Article VII, section (1) states, "A person is eligible to vote who, on the date of the election, is eighteen years of age or older, is domiciled in the Commonwealth, is a resident of the Commonwealth and has resided in the Commonwealth for a period of time provided by law..."

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Constitution
(1976, as amended 2005)

  • Article VII, section (1) states: "A person is eligible to vote who, on the date of the election if...has not been found by a court to be of unsound mind..."

 



 
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