Voter registration for residents of Sint Maarten, Aruba and Curaçao

Do you live on Sint Maarten, Aruba or Curaçao and do you have Dutch citizenship (nationality)? Then you can register at the Municipality of The Hague as a Dutch voter abroad.

Conditions for registering as a Dutch voter abroad

Dutch parliamentary elections (Tweede Kamer) and Electoral college for non-residents (Kiescollege niet-ingezetenen)

You can register to vote for the members of the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) and for the members of the Electoral college for non-residens for the Senate (Eerste Kamer). This is possible if you:

• live outside the Netherlands and you are no longer registered in a Dutch municipality
• have Dutch citizenship at the time you apply to register
• are 17 years or older at the time you apply to register. You can vote only if you are 18 years or older.
• meet 1 of the following conditions.
  • You lived in the Netherlands for 10 years.
  • You work for the Dutch public service.
  • Your spouse/partner/parent/guardian works for the Dutch public service and shares a joint household with you. When you send back your vote you need to include a declaration of employment in the public service together with your postal voting slip, ballot and a Begin link: copy of your identity document, end link. . This declaration must be signed by the minister. If you do not do this, your vote will not count. This procedure is required only if you or your partner works for the public service.

European Parliament

You can register to vote for the members of the European Parliament if you:

• live outside the Netherlands and are no longer registered in a Dutch municipality
• have Dutch citizenship at the time you apply to register
• are 17 years or older at the time you apply to register. You can vote only if you are 18 years or older.

Register as a Dutch voter abroad

How does it work?

• Complete this form
• You will receive a confirmation by email once the municipality has received your registration request.
• You will receive a confirmation that you have been added to the permanent register once the municipality has processed your request.

Voting as a Dutch voter abroad

The standard way of voting for Dutch voters abroad is to vote by post. The postal voting slip will be sent by post to the Netherlands Representative Office 12 weeks prior to an election. You will need to collect it there yourself. You will be notified when your postal voting slip is ready to be picked up.

The ballot will be sent approximately 4 weeks before the election (this will not be ready earlier). You will receive a notifiction from the Netherlands Representative Office that you can pick up your ballot there. You can fill in your ballot at the Netherlands Representative Office and hand in your vote there in the sealed envelope. This way you know for sure that you have sent back your ballot on time.

Voting by proxy or with a voter card

You can authorise somebody to vote on your behalf through a proxy. You need to request a new proxy for each new election.

It is also possible to cast your own vote on election day at a Dutch polling station (also in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba). You do this using a voter card (kiezerspas). You need to request a new voter card for each new election.

Keep your address up-to-date

Have you moved or are you going to move? Begin link: Report your change of address, end link. .

Contact

Do you have any questions? Contact the Begin link: Elections Unit, end link. of the Municipality of The Hague.

Also see: Dutch voters abroad