Title 6, Elections

(a) There is created a Board of Registration. The Board, which shall consist of 5 members, shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and the term of office is 4 years. (b) On election day, 1 member shall be designated to sit in the Manu’…

The members of the Board of Registration shall serve without compensation. History: 1977, PL 15-42 § 1.

(a) The Board of Registration is given all of the powers and authority for the summoning and examining of witnesses and the maintenance of order, including the power to punish for contempt and award witness fees. (b) Every member of the Board of Registration may administer oaths …

A person who registers as required by law shall be entitled to vote at any election and to be listed upon the appropriate general register and district list. The designated election officer shall be responsible for qualified elector registration in the respective districts and th…

Every person who has reached the age of 18 years, or who will have reached that age prior to the date of the next election, and is otherwise qualified to register, may do so in the district in which he resides. No person may register or vote in any other district than that in whi…

In determining residency in the Territory, spouses may treat themselves separately from one another. The following rules shall determine residency for Territory and district purposes: (a) The residency of a person is that place in which his habitation is fixed, and to which, when…

All qualified electors shall be registered by district on the general district register. The register shall contain the information required by section 6.0214. The qualified elector’s name shall be maintained alphabetically or numerically in the register and be capable of segrega…

(a) Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e), any person qualified to and desiring to register as a qualified elector in any district may present himself at any time during business hours to the election officer then and there to be examined under oath as to his qualificatio…

(a) The election officer shall, not later than 4:30 p.m. on the 60th day after every general election, remove the name of any qualified elector failing to vote at the election if the voter also failed to vote at the preceding election. For this purpose, “to vote” means the deposi…

A registered qualified elector who changes his residence from one district to another shall notify the election officer and change his registration to the proper district; provided, that no change of registration may be allowed or required after the close of registration for an e…

Whenever any person who has registered as a qualified elector in any county moves to and desires to register in some other county, he shall apply to the election officer. There-upon, the election officer, if the person applying is legally qualified to register, shall accept the r…

(a) The election officer shall use all reliable and pertinent information to keep the general register up to date. The election officer may request information from, but is not limited to, the following sources: (1) the office of the Attorney General for any change of name; (2) c…

(a) The Chief Election Officer shall take applications for change of name from qualified electors who have been married or who have had their names changed since the last election. (b) A person whose residence has changed since the last election, and who the election officer has …

(a) The election officer shall correct the register if at any time it is manifest to him that the name of a person registered has been accidentally misspelled, or that he has been misnamed therein, or that he has been accidentally registered under the wrong district. (b) In any c…

(a) Whenever the election officer receives from any recording or informing agency information of the death, loss of voting right of a person sentenced for felony, adjudication of insanity or feeblemindedness, loss of citizenship or national status, or any other disqualification t…

At 4:30 p.m. on the 30th day prior to each election (but if that day is a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, then at 4:30 p.m. on the first working day immediately following), the general register shall be closed to registration until after the election, subject to change only as prov…

(a) Challenging Prior to Election Day. Any registered qualified elector may, for any cause not previously decided by the Board of Registration or the High Court in respect to the same person, challenge the right of that person to be or to remain registered as a qualified elector …

(a) In cases where the election officer or the district officials ruled on a challenge or the election officer refuses to register an applicant, or, refuses to change the register under section 6.0220, the person ruled against may appeal from the ruling to the Board of Registrati…

The Board of Registration shall keep books of record in which full and detailed minutes shall be preserved of all its proceedings. The minutes shall be kept from day to day, and shall contain: (1) the date and place of the meeting; (2) the names of the members of the Board presen…

Any affected person or any of the election officials may, not later than 4:30 p.m. on the 10th day after the decision of the Board of Registration, appeal directly to the Appel-late Division of the High Court in the manner provided by law for civil appeals to the High Court. Hist…

When the appeal is perfected, the High Court shall hear the matter as soon thereafter as may be reasonable. The determination by the court is final. History: 1977, PL 15-42 § 1.

Immediately upon rendering a decision upon any appeal, the High Court shall notify the Board of Registration, and, if the decision reverses the decision of the Board, the Board shall immediately order the register to be corrected to conform with the decision. History: 1977, PL 15…

In case of an appeal from a decision of the Board of Registration, the name of the person shall be placed or remain upon the register pending the decision of the High Court concerning it. If the person so registered votes at any election before a decision of the court has been ma…