Section 37: Persons eligible to vote.

(1) A person shall be eligible to vote in any local government elections if-
(a) he is a citizen of Nigeria and has attained the minimum age of eighteen years;
(b) he has been or is ordinarily resident in the Local Government Area for a period of not less than twelve months prior to the date of the elections:
Provided that any indigene of a Local Government Area who is ordinarily resident outside his Local Government Area shall be required to vote in the Local Government Area of his ordinary residence and not in his indigenous Local Government Area; and
(c) he is registered as a voter in the ward or constituency of his ordinary residence in the Local Government Area and has obtained a registration card to be presented at the polling station on the day of the elections.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the following persons shall not be qualified to vote at an election, that is to say-
(a) the Chairman and other members of the Commission;
(b) the Secretary to the Commission;
(c) the Electoral Officers and Assistant Electoral Officers;
(d) the Returning Officers and the Assistant Returning Officers for each constituency;
(e) the Presiding Officer of each Polling Station; and
(f) all other officers charged with the conduct of elections in the field.