Voter Registration Information

To vote you must be:

• A U.S. citizen
• At least 18 years old on Election Day (16 and 17 year-olds can pre-register)
• A resident of Minnesota for 20 days
• Not currently incarcerated for a felony conviction
• Not under a court order that says you can't vote

No. When you pre-register you will automatically be registered to vote when you turn 18 years-old. Your county will send you a postcard to tell you that you have been registered, and to check that mail comes to your address. 

Pre-Register

You can be an Election Judge Trainee (paid position), attend Youth Day at the State Capitol, help your school hold a mock election, volunteer for a campaign, attend school board and city council meetings or write to your elected representatives.

Helpful resources:

• Election Judge Trainee
• Youth Day at the Capitol
• Your Elected Officials
• Our State Capitol
• MN State Government Chart
• Students Voting, THE Minnesota Statewide K-12 Mock Election

There are two ways to pre-register or register to vote.

1. Complete a paper application form and mail it in. You can download and print paper applications in 11 languages.

Paper Registration Forms

2. Complete the registration application online. There is nothing to print and nothing to mail. You can do it on your phone, tablet or computer.

Online Voter Registration Form

• Citizenship
• Age
• Full Name
• Address
• Date of Birth
• Minnesota State I.D. Number or
• Last 4 Digits of Your Social Security Number
• Sign an Oath That You are Telling the Truth

More Voter Registration Information

You can pre-register from your 16th birthday until you are 18. It will automatically register you on your 18th birthday.

When you are 18 or older, register any time up to 21 days before an election or when you vote. 

You will get a postcard confirming that you are registered.

Voter Registration Information 

Registering Close to Election Day 

Pre-Registration

States cannot change a national policy. It would require a change to the 26th Amendment. The first step is a congressional proposal of an amendment (unless there is a Constitutional Convention) with 2/3 of both houses. That has been tried in Congress in the past. Once the join resolution passes, it will become an amendment when 38 states ratify the proposal in their state legislatures.

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