National Voter Registration Day
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The fourth Tuesday in September is always National Voter Registration Day. In addition, the entire week is National High School Voter Registration Week. Many allied groups like The Civics Center and others have led this effort.
We are officially a National Voter Registration Day 2020 Partner. Mark the occasion by highlighting Maine's voter registration process to your network of friends. We have put together graphics to use on social media to mark the occasion... |
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Sample Social Media Post:
Today is National Voter Registration Day! Are you registered to vote? Make a plan today. #NationalVoterRegistrationDay #VoteReady
1)Download a voter registration card: https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/images/VoterRegistrationCard20.pdf
2) Request an absentee ballot: https://apps.web.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/AbsenteeBallot/index.pl
3) Review list of Maine's local election clerks: https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/munic.html
Today is National Voter Registration Day! Are you registered to vote? Make a plan today. #NationalVoterRegistrationDay #VoteReady
1)Download a voter registration card: https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/images/VoterRegistrationCard20.pdf
2) Request an absentee ballot: https://apps.web.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/AbsenteeBallot/index.pl
3) Review list of Maine's local election clerks: https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/munic.html
Host a Voter Registration Drive
- Register Your Event – If you know the details of your event, list it here to help others find it
- Organization Toolkit – Get expert tips on staffing up, finding volunteers, day-of prep lists and more in our toolkit
- Communications Toolkit – Looking for the best way to promote your event via email, social and more? Download our communications toolkit
- Registration Rules – Every state has its own rules on running a voter registration drive, get the details you need with this handy guide
High School Voter Registration Week
Sept. 21th - 25th
"Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Register to vote! Use form below...
Form
REGISTER. EDUCATE. VOTE.
Who can register and vote in Maine?
To register, you must be a United States citizen, at least 17 years of age, and have established a fixed principal home in Maine.
To vote in a Referendum or General Election, you must be registered in the community where you reside, and be at least 18 years of age. A 17 year old may vote in a Primary Election, if that person will be 18 by the General Election.
How do I register to vote?
You fill out a voter registration card. See the sample card and instructions below.
Where do I go to register?
You can register to vote at your town office or city hall, through any Motor Vehicle branch office, in most state & federal social service agencies, or at voter registration drives.
Completed voter registration cards may be hand delivered or mailed to your town office or city hall, or sent to the Secretary of State's Office in Augusta.
To register, you must be a United States citizen, at least 17 years of age, and have established a fixed principal home in Maine.
To vote in a Referendum or General Election, you must be registered in the community where you reside, and be at least 18 years of age. A 17 year old may vote in a Primary Election, if that person will be 18 by the General Election.
How do I register to vote?
You fill out a voter registration card. See the sample card and instructions below.
Where do I go to register?
You can register to vote at your town office or city hall, through any Motor Vehicle branch office, in most state & federal social service agencies, or at voter registration drives.
Completed voter registration cards may be hand delivered or mailed to your town office or city hall, or sent to the Secretary of State's Office in Augusta.
Same Day Voter Registration
Here in Maine, our voting laws make it easy to make a difference with your voice and your vote. There is no cut-off date for registering in person at your town office or city hall.
You can register to vote until Election Day, and even register on Election Day right at your polling place!
You can register to vote until Election Day, and even register on Election Day right at your polling place!
Chart is from the National Conference of State Legislatures. Click below to learn more about same day voter registration across the country.
College Students
If you are a student, you have the right to register in the municipality in Maine where you attend school, provided you have established a voting residence there as defined in Maine’s election laws and explained above. You can establish a voting residence at your Maine school address if you have a present intention to remain at that address for the time being, whether that residence is a dorm, apartment, house or even a hotel.
Maine law expressly provides that you will not gain or lose residency solely because of your presence in or absence from the state while attending school, and this provision may not be interpreted “to prevent a student at any institution of learning from qualifying as a voter” in the town “where the student resides while attending” that school. In other words, as a student, you must meet the same residency requirements as all other potential voters. You must first determine where you have established residency and then register to vote there. If you pay “out-of-state tuition” as a student at a Maine college or university, that does not preclude you from establishing residency in Maine for voting purposes. If you have established residency in another municipality or state, you may vote by absentee ballot in that state.
If you lived in Maine prior to attending school and you wish to establish or keep your voting residency in Maine at that location (e.g., at your parents’ home address)- you may do so as long as you have not already registered to vote in another state. Maine students may keep their voting residency even if they move out of the county, state, or country to attend school. The only way you will lose this residency is if you “abandon” it by asserting residency in a new state. If you have registered to vote in another state, you will have to re-qualify as a Maine resident by providing proof of residency before you can register.
Maine law expressly provides that you will not gain or lose residency solely because of your presence in or absence from the state while attending school, and this provision may not be interpreted “to prevent a student at any institution of learning from qualifying as a voter” in the town “where the student resides while attending” that school. In other words, as a student, you must meet the same residency requirements as all other potential voters. You must first determine where you have established residency and then register to vote there. If you pay “out-of-state tuition” as a student at a Maine college or university, that does not preclude you from establishing residency in Maine for voting purposes. If you have established residency in another municipality or state, you may vote by absentee ballot in that state.
If you lived in Maine prior to attending school and you wish to establish or keep your voting residency in Maine at that location (e.g., at your parents’ home address)- you may do so as long as you have not already registered to vote in another state. Maine students may keep their voting residency even if they move out of the county, state, or country to attend school. The only way you will lose this residency is if you “abandon” it by asserting residency in a new state. If you have registered to vote in another state, you will have to re-qualify as a Maine resident by providing proof of residency before you can register.
For questions, contact your local town clerk or...
Maine Secretary of State
Division of Elections
101 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0101
(207) 624-7650
[email protected]
www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/
Maine Secretary of State
Division of Elections
101 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0101
(207) 624-7650
[email protected]
www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/
