Voting Rights After a Felony in Maine

How Maine law treats voting with a felony conviction, from the state code and official state agencies.

Short answer: People with felony convictions in Maine keep the right to vote, including while in prison. Maine's voter qualifications are U.S. 21-A M.R.S. §111; 21-A M.R.S. §112(14)

Voting with a felony conviction	People with felony convictions in Maine keep the right to vote, including while in prison. Maine's voter qualifications are U.S. citizenship, age 18, a voting residence in the municipality and registration, with no exclusion for a criminal conviction. A person incarcerated in a correctional facility may apply to register in any municipality where he or she previously had a fixed and principal home to which he or she intends to return; the prison town does not become the person's residence unless the person lived there before incarceration. §111: https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/21-A/title21-Asec111.html. The former list of persons who may not register or vote (21-A M.R.S. §115(1)) was repealed by PL 2001, c. 516. Source: 21-A M.R.S. §111; 21-A M.R.S. §112(14)

Voting with a felony conviction

People with felony convictions in Maine keep the right to vote, including while in prison. Maine's voter qualifications are U.S. citizenship, age 18, a voting residence in the municipality and registration, with no exclusion for a criminal conviction. A person incarcerated in a correctional facility may apply to register in any municipality where he or she previously had a fixed and principal home to which he or she intends to return; the prison town does not become the person's residence unless the person lived there before incarceration.

§111: https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/21-A/title21-Asec111.html. The former list of persons who may not register or vote (21-A M.R.S. §115(1)) was repealed by PL 2001, c. 516.

Source: 21-A M.R.S. §111; 21-A M.R.S. §112(14)

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