 In some cases, a certain period of residence in a locality may required for the right to vote in that location.For example, in the United Kingdom up to 2001, each 15 February a new electoral register came into effect, based on registration as of the previous 10 October, with the effect of limiting voting to those resident five to seventeen months earlier depending on the timing of the election.In most countries, suffrage is limited to citizens and, in many cases, permanent residents of that country.