Eligibility of Senators and Voters

Eligibility of Senators and Voters. (a) A United States citizen residing in the CNMI between the age of fourteen and eighteen shall be eligible to vote for a candidate for senator provided that such person is duly registered to vote in his or her respective school and has not been convicted of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude unless he or she has received pardon restoring his or her civil rights. (b) A candidate for senator of the youth congress must be a freshman, sophomore, or junior of his or her respective school, be a United States citizen residing in the CNMI, and be registered to vote in that respective school. (c) All voters must be an enrolled student in their respective school in which they are registering to vote. Source: PL 8-27, § 8; amended by PL 11-18, § 1(e), modified; repealed and re-enacted by PL 17-22 § 3(1605) (October 15, 2010), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission deleted numerical figures that repeated words pursuant 1 CMC § 3806(e).