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Maryland Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible to register to vote you must be:

  • A US citizen
  • A Maryland resident
  • At least 16 years old (you can register at 16, but generally, you're not able to vote unless you'll be 18 by the next General Election)
  • Not have been found by a court to be incapable of voting by reason of mental disability
  • Not have been convicted of buying or selling votes
  • Not have been convicted of a felony, or if you have, you have completed serving a court ordered sentence of imprisonment.

Youth Vote

Louisiana Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible to vote you must be:

  • A U.S. citizen
  • A resident of Louisiana
  • At least 17 years old (16 years old if registering in person at the Registrar of Voters office or Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles) and 18 years old prior to the next election to vote
  • Not currently under an order of imprisonment for conviction of a felony
  • Not currently under a judgment of interdiction for mental incompetence

Incarcerated Voters & Voters with Felony Convictions: 

Kentucky Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible to vote you must be:

  • A U.S. citizen
  • A resident of Kentucky for 28 days before the election
  • At least 18 years old by the date of the general election
  • Not convicted of a felony (or, if so, have had your civil rights restored)
  • Not judged mentally incompetent in a court of law
  • Not claiming the right to vote anywhere outside Kentucky

Incarcerated Voters & Returning Citizens: 

Montana Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible to vote you must be:

  • Registered
  • At least 18 years old on or before Election Day
  • A U.S. citizen
  • A resident of Montana and of the county in which you intend to vote for at least 30 days (you must provide an address to prove you live in the county)
  • Not convicted of a felony, serving a sentence in a penal institution
  • Not judged in a court of law to be of unsound mind

Incarcerated Voters & Returning Citizens: 

New York Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible to vote, you must be:

  • A US citizen
  • 18 years old by the date of the general, primary or other election in which you want to vote
    • you may pre-register at 16 or 17 but cannot vote until you are 18
  • A resident of your present address for at least 30 days before the election
  • Not in prison for a felony conviction 
  • Not claiming the right to vote elsewhere
  • Not adjudged mentally incompetent by a court

Incarcerated Voters & Returning Citizens: 

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