Northern Mariana Islands

Election Law (2010)

Updated: June 2015

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Section 6201 states:

(a) Pursuant to Article VII, Section 1 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a person is eligible to vote who, on the date of the election, is 18 years of age or older, is domiciled in the Commonwealth, is a resident in the Commonwealth and has resided in the Commonwealth for a period of time provided by law, is not serving a sentence for a felony, has not been declared by a court to be of unsound mind, and is either a citizen or national of the United States.

(b) Pursuant to Article VII, Section 2 of the Commonwealth Constitution, a person shall not be denied the right to vote because that person is unable to read or write.

 

Excerpt from the Election Law (2010)

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Section 6201 states:

(a) Pursuant to Article VII, Section 1 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a person is eligible to vote who… has not been declared by a court to be of unsound mind…

(d) Consistent with Article VII, Section 1 of the Commonwealth Constitution, no person who is confined to a mental institution shall be eligible to vote…

 

Section 6206, part (a) states:

The Commission shall remove the name of a registered voter from the register in the following cases:…

  • (2) When the insanity of the person registered is legally established…
  • (6) If the person is confined to a mental institution…

 

Section 6210 states:

If a registered voter at any election is confined to a home or hospital due to illness or physical disability and unable to go to the polls, that voter nevertheless may vote in accordance with this part and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission. The person or member of his or her immediate family or guardian may make a written request, on a form furnished by the Commission, for an absentee ballot by 12:00 o’clock noon on Election Day.

 

Section 6502, part (e) states:

If there is a vacancy in the office of mayor and less than one-half of the term remains from the date of the vacancy, or when the mayor is unable to discharge the duties of the office by reason or physical or mental disability, the presiding officer of the Municipal Council shall be acting mayor.

 

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Section 6210 states:

If a registered voter at any election is confined to a home or hospital due to illness or physical disability and unable to go to the polls, that voter nevertheless may vote in accordance with this part and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission. The person or member of his or her immediate family or guardian may make a written request, on a form furnished by the Commission, for an absentee ballot by 12:00 o’clock noon on Election Day.

 

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Section 6502, part (e) states:

If there is a vacancy in the office of mayor and less than one-half of the term remains from the date of the vacancy, or when the mayor is unable to discharge the duties of the office by reason or physical or mental disability, the presiding officer of the Municipal Council shall be acting mayor.

 

Excerpt from the Election Law (2010)