To be eligible to vote in Minnesota, you must be:

• At least 18 years old on Election Day
  • 16 and 17-year-olds may pre-register to vote beginning June 2023
• A citizen of the United States
• A resident of Minnesota for 20 days immediately before Election Day
• Not been found by a court to be legally incompetent to vote.
• Not have been ruled legally incompetent by a court of law

Incarcerated Voters and Returning Citizens

Effective June 1, 2023, individuals convicted of a felony will have their right to vote restored upon completion of incarceration, including individuals on parole or probation. Your voting rights are not restricted by pretrial detention, misdemeanors, probation, or parole.

Voters without traditional residence: 

When you register to vote in Minnesota, you must provide your current residence. This is where you sleep, so if you sleep in a shelter, at a friend's house, or outside, that is your voting residence. If you sleep somewhere without a fixed address, write a description of its location on line four of your voter registration application. For example, "In the NW corner of Jefferson Park near the intersection of Winston Ave. and Smith St." 

If you register before Election Day using an outdoor location as your residence, you will be asked to swear under oath that you live there when you go to the polls on Election Day. You can also register on Election Day if you have proof of residence. If you live in a shelter, a staff person can go to the polling place to confirm you live there.