The Elections Act of Netherlands in Section B 3 allows that “1. Persons who are residents of the municipality on nomination day and who have attained the age of eighteen years on polling day shall elect members of municipal councils. 2. To be entitled to vote, persons who are not nationals of a European Union member state should, on nomination day, meet the following requirements: (a) They are permitted to reside in the Netherlands pursuant to section 9 or 10 of the Aliens Act or pursuant to a headquarters agreement between an international organisation and the State of the Netherlands, and (b) They have been resident in the Netherlands for an uninterrupted period of at least five years immediately prior to nomination day and have residence rights as referred to in (a) above or residence rights pursuant to section 9a of the Aliens Act...”