#2026-410New Caledonia Electoral Roll Regularization for Native-Born Voters
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This law expands eligibility for voting in elections to New Caledonia’s Congress and provincial assemblies. People born in New Caledonia can be included in the special electoral roll if they are also registered on the general electoral list on the date of the election. The change affects native-born residents, election administrators, political parties, and local institutions in New Caledonia. In practical terms, it updates who can take part in key territorial elections and requires electoral lists to reflect the new eligibility rule from the day after publication.
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Key Changes
- Adds people born in New Caledonia to the eligible electoral body for Congress and provincial assembly elections if they are on the general electoral list at election time
- Updates the rules for compiling the special electoral roll to include this new group
- Sets entry into force for the day after publication in the French Official Journal
Obligations
What this law requires
Include persons born in New Caledonia on the special electoral roll for elections to the Congress and provincial assemblies when they are registered on the general electoral list on the date of the election.
Persons born in New Caledonia must be registered on the general electoral list by the date of the Congress and provincial assembly election to qualify for inclusion under the new special electoral roll eligibility rule.
Apply the amended eligibility rule for New Caledonia’s special electoral roll from the day after the law’s publication in the Journal officiel de la République française.