Northern Mariana Islands

Population Statistics

52,344

Total Population

7,852

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

Northern Mariana Islands has not yet signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Election Law (2010)

Updated: June 2015

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)

Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (1979, last amended 2012))

Updated: June 2015

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, is not serving a sentence for a felony, has not been found by a court to be of unsound mind, and is either a citizen or national of the United States.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (1977, last amended 2012)