Never too old to vote - 120-year-old woman listed in electoral register

A 120-year old woman, born on February 3, 1895, is entitled to vote in the next Balzan local council election, according to the latest electoral register published two months ago. The register also lists two 116-year old ladies, born on September 10, 1899 and September 24, 1899, who may vote in the Gżira and St Paul's Bay local elections respectively. Another two 115-year old women from Msida and St Julian's complete the list of the five oldest people, all foreign, who are entitled to vote – if the register is to be believed. They are among 134 voters, 95 women and 39 men, whose ages span between 100 and 120 and who are included in the October 2015 electoral register. Fifty-five of these centenarians are Maltese citizens, of which 48 were born in Malta and seven in Gozo. The oldest registered Maltese is 113 and supposedly lives in Rabat while a 108-year-old Gozitan is registered in Victoria. The likelihood is, of course, that a lot of these people are dead. The Civil Registry regularly updates the Electoral Commission about the registered deaths and the commission then strikes them off the register. However, sources told the Times of Malta that persons who die abroad and whose...

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