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Voter Registration

Gibraltar Gibraltar

VR001

Voting age
Question:What is the legal voting age in the national elections?
Answer: c. 18
Comments: "3. (1) The persons entitled to vote as electors at elections of members of the Parliament (in this Act referred to as ‘the Parliament’) under the Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006 shall be those persons who– (i) have lived in Gibraltar during the whole of the qualifying period; and (ii) intend to live in Gibraltar either permanently or indefinitely; and (iii) are, on the qualifying date and on the date of the poll, British citizens, British Overseas Territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British Nationals (Overseas), British protected persons or British subjects under the British Nationality Act 1981, and are 18 years of age or over and are not subject to any legal incapacity to vote;"
Source: Parliament Act Number 1950-15, Part II, Article 3(1). https://www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi/articles/1950-15o.pdf
Verified: 2019/11/04
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VR002

Other voting requirements
Question:Beyond age, what other qualifications exist for registering to vote and voting in the national elections?
Answer(s): a. Citizenship
b. Period of Residence
c. Citizenship of Parents
d. Naturalization
Comments: "3. (1) The persons entitled to vote as electors at elections of members of the Parliament (in this Act referred to as ‘the Parliament’) under the Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006 shall be those persons who– (i) have lived in Gibraltar during the whole of the qualifying period; and (ii) intend to live in Gibraltar either permanently or indefinitely; and (iii) are, on the qualifying date and on the date of the poll, British citizens, British Overseas Territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British Nationals (Overseas), British protected persons or British subjects under the British Nationality Act 1981, and are 18 years of age or over and are not subject to any legal incapacity to vote;"
Source: Parliament Act Number 1950-15, Part II, Article 3(1). https://www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi/articles/1950-15o.pdf
Verified: 2019/11/04
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VR004

Authority responsible for voter registration
Question:Which is the authority responsible for the registration of voters for national elections?
Answer: e. Other
Comments: "4.(1) For the registration of electors there shall be an electoral registration officer."
Source: Parliament Act Number 1950-15, Part II, Article 4(1). https://www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi/articles/1950-15o.pdf
Verified: 2019/11/04
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VR008

Is it compulsory to be on the voters register?
Question:Is it compulsory to be on the voters register?
Answer: b. No
Comments: "(2) An applicant wishing to be included in the register of electors must have been continuously living in Gibraltar for a period of not less than six months prior to the date on which his application for registration in the register of electors is received by the registration officer (in this Act referred to as ‘the qualifying period’)."
Source: Parliament Act Number 1950-15, Part II, Article 3(2). https://www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi/articles/1950-15o.pdf
Verified: 2019/11/04
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