[1] Those with dual citizenship or an undischarged bankruptcy are ineligible, as are those who have a criminal conviction, a history of electoral fraud, or are insane or under a death sentence.
The first, held in 2002, it asked voters five questions ranging from changes to the constitution to the setting up of a national commission on teaching.
The second national referendum took place on June 7, 2016, and asked voters four questions pertaining to equal rights within the Bahamas.
Source:[5] Prior to the introduction of universal suffrage in 1961, elections in the Bahamas were dominated by the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys.
With the support of the sole Labour Party MP the PLP was able to form the country's first black-led government.
[6] The FNM won the next elections in 1997 in which voter turnout hit a record 98.5%,[7] but power was ceded back to the PLP in 2002.