Instructions for Completing the Affidavit of Voter Registration Application
1 CMC §§ 6205 requires that you provide us with your last four digits of your social security
number, full legal name, place and date of birth and your residence in the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), to include mailing address in the CNMI.
For Village, please include the village of your residence in the CNMI. Island should also include
the island of residence in the CNMI. A person who reside in Oleai Village should place Oleai
under Village and Saipan under Island. A person who reside in San Jose Village should place
Tinian as their Island of residence.
If you have registered before and have since had a change of name due to marriage, divorce or had
legal change of name, please register under your present name, and include your previous name
on item no. 10 in the Affidavit of Registration. Please include your legal document authenticating
your change of name.
If you are changing your election district, please complete your registration as you normally would,
except that you will indicate your new village (and island, if necessary) and will make the change
of election district. A person who are registering for the northern islands should place “Northern
Islands” under the village and island.
The Affidavit of Voter Registration Application, Affidavit Questionnaire and a copy of your
picture identification form must be mailed directly to the Commonwealth Election Commission,
P.O. Box 500470, Saipan, MP 96950-0470. Facsimile or other electronic means will not be
accepted. Election regulation requires that the mailing envelope be postmarked from the location
outside of the CNMI for registration for those residing outside of the CNMI.
If you are registered to vote in a jurisdiction outside of the CNMI, you must re-establish your
domiciliary and residency in the CNMI for a period of 120 days before an election as mandated
by Article VII, Section 1 of the CNMI Constitution.
Pursuant to 1 CMC §§ 6201, Voting: Eligibility:
a) Pursuant to Article VII, Section 1 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, a person is eligible to vote who, on the date of the election, is 18 years of
age or older, is domiciled in the Commonwealth, is a resident in the Commonwealth and
has resided in the Commonwealth for a period of time provided by law, is not serving a
sentence for a felony, has not been declared by a court to be of unsound mind, and is either
a citizen or national of the United States.