Voting Rights After a Felony in North Dakota

A person sentenced to prison for a felony cannot vote (or run for or hold public office) only during the period of actual incarceration. People on probation or parole, and people who have finished their sentence, keep the right to vote; the sentence itself must state that voting rights are lost only during actual incarceration. The same rule applies to federal and out-of-state convictions, and a person present in North Dakota who was sentenced elsewhere is presumed to have had these rights restored. No application or waiting period is required.