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Voter Registration

Niue Niue

VR001

Voting age
Question:What is the legal voting age in the national elections?
Answer: c. 18
Comments:
Source: Niue Assembly Act 1966, as amended, Art. 12.
Verified: 2012/07/03
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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
Comments: An elector must be either a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident of Niue. In addition, an elector must be ordinarily resident in Niue for the 12 months preceding an election and have lived in Niue at some point for longer than three years. An elector may not have lived abroad for more than three years unless a student, or in the service of the Government of Niue. "...[A] person shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident in Niue if, and only if (a) [h]e is actually residing in Niue; or (b) [h]aving been actually resident in Niue with the intention of residing there indefinitely, he is outside Niue but has, and has ever since he left Niue an intention to return and reside there indefinitely."
Source: Constitution, Art. 17; Niue Assembly Act 1966, as amended, Art. 12.
Verified: 2012/07/04
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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: c. Local Government Authority
Comments: The Registrar appointed for each Constituency is in charge of the registration of voters.
Source: Niue Assembly Act 1966, as amended, Art. 4.
Verified: 2012/07/04
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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: a. Yes
Comments: "Every person who is or becomes qualified to be registered as an elector shall make application in the prescribed form to the Registrar in charge of the roll for the constituency for registration as an elector."
Source: Niue Assembly Act 1966, as amended, Art. 14.
Verified: 2012/07/04
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