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Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands

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Voting age
Question:What is the legal voting age in the national elections?
Answer: c. 18
Comments: "11. The following persons being of or over the age of eighteen years shall be qualified to vote..."
Source: Laws of Pitcairn Chapter XI Local Government Ordinance, Part III, Article 11 http://www.government.pn/Laws/Cap%2011%20-%20Local%20Government%20Ordinance.pdf CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pc.html
Verified: 2019/11/06
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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: "11. The following persons being of or over the age of eighteen years shall be qualified to vote— (a) [every person who has the right of abode on Pitcairn, who at the time of the elections is normally resident on the Island and has been so resident for a continuous period of not less than one year, and who intends to remain on the Island indefinitely􏰁; (b) every person who at the time of the elections is normally resident on the Island and has been so resident for a continuous period of not less than three years and intends to remain there indefinitely; the spouse of any person qualified to vote under paragraphs (a) or (b) who lives with that person on the Island as his or her spouse and has done so for a continuous period of not less than one year regardless of the nationality of such spouse; the de facto marital partner of any person qualified to vote under paragraph (a) or (b) who lives with that person on the Island as his or her partner and has done so for a continuous period of not less than two years regardless of the nationality of such partner.]"
Source: Laws of Pitcairn Chapter XI Local Government Ordinance, Part III, Article 11 http://www.government.pn/Laws/Cap%2011%20-%20Local%20Government%20Ordinance.pdf
Verified: 2019/11/06
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