Turks and Caicos Islands

Article 55, section (1) states:

Subject to subsection (2), a person shall be qualified to be registered as an elector for the purposes of the election of members of the House of Assembly if, and shall not be so qualified unless:

• (a) he or she was lawfully registered as such an elector on the date of commencement of this Constitution; or
• (b) on the qualifying date:
  • (i) he or she has attained the age of eighteen years; and
  • (ii) he or she is resident in the Islands and has been so resident for not less than twelve months, in the aggregate, out of the two years immediately preceding the qualifying date, or he or she is a member of Her Majesty’s Forces, a person working abroad on

Government business or a student resident abroad in such circumstances as may be prescribed by Ordinance; and (iii) he or she is a Turks and Caicos Islander.

Excerpt from the Turks and Caicos Constitution Order (2011)