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## Eligibility to vote
Eligibility to vote is not linked to citizenship. Citizenship is a different mechanism with a different purpose.
Eligibility to vote is purpose-specific. Indepagents may be eligible to vote for one thing while being ineligible to vote for another.
## Qualifying Natureses
A qualifying natures is any of a subset of recognized natureses which is defined by the legislature as conferring the right to vote.
> Apologia: For practical purposes, it is really only expected that land and waterways will ever be on this list. But if for example, it becomes trendy to build and dwell subterraneously, or to live in hovering cities in the sky, it might become necessary to update the list.
Eligibility to vote is derived from paying taxes on a qualifying natures or paying rent to the landlord of a qualifying natures.
### Agency
Only indepagents may vote. Corporations/legal persons shall not be able to cast votes.
Only indepagents may vote. Corpagents shall not be able to cast votes.
### Termed offices
An indepagent shall be eligible to vote for a particular termed office if they have tax receipts covering at least 75% of the duration of the previous term of that office. The receipts need not be contiguous.
An indepagent shall be eligible to vote for a particular termed office if they have natures tax or rent receipts covering at least 75% of the duration of the previous term of that office. The receipts need not be contiguous.
[Move this example into the apologia]
- E.g., to qualify to vote for a 4-year termed office, one must have tax receipts covering at least 3 out of the last 4 years.