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Subdivision 1.Requirements.
Except as provided in subdivision 2, an individual who meets the following requirements at the time of an election is eligible to vote. The individual must:
(1) be 18 years of age or older;
(2) be a citizen of the United States; and
(3) maintain residence in Minnesota for 20 days immediately preceding the election.
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Subd. 2.Not eligible.
The following individuals are not eligible to vote. Any individual:
(1) convicted of treason or any felony whose civil rights have not been restored;
(2) under a guardianship in which the court order revokes the ward's right to vote; or
(3) found by a court of law to be legally incompetent.
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Subd. 2a.Felony conviction; restoration of civil right to vote.
An individual who is ineligible to vote because of a felony conviction has the civil right to vote restored during any period when the individual is not incarcerated for the offense. If the individual is later incarcerated for the offense, the individual's civil right to vote is lost only during that period of incarceration. For purposes of this subdivision only, an individual on work release under section 241.26 or 244.065 or an individual released under section 631.425 is not deemed to be incarcerated.
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Subd. 3.Penalty.
Any individual who votes who knowingly is not eligible to vote is guilty of a felony.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
15
cases (
2 in the last 5 years), 1983–2024 · leading case:
Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005).
Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005).
· cites it 2× “492 (West 1989) Minnesota 18 Minn. Stat. § 201.014 (1)(a) (2004) Mississippi 18 Miss.”
Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988).
· cites it 2× “Minn. Stat. § 201.014 (1986) Miss. Miss. Const.”
State v. Mitchell, 577 N.W.2d 481 (Minn. 1998).
· cites it 4× “, Minn. Stat. § 201.014 , subd. 1(a) (1996) (requiring that voters be 18 years old); Minn.”
Minnesota Voters All. & Kirk Stensrud v. Steve Simon, only in his Off. capacity as the Minnesota Sec'y of State, Joe Mansky, only in his Off. capacity as the Ramsey Cnty. Election Manager, Virginia Gelms, only in her Off. capacity as the Hennepin Cnty. Election Manager, & Election Judges John & Jane Doe, only in their Off. capacities as Election Judges, 885 N.W.2d 660 (Minn. 2016).
· cites it 5× “Laws 117 , 166 (codified as amended at Minn.Stat. § 201.014, subd. 2 (2014)); see also Minn.”
Gould v. City of Bloomington, 394 N.W.2d 149 (Minn. Ct. App. 1986).
· cites it 4× “VII, § 1; Minn.Stat. § 201.014 (1984). Thus, Gould argues that the 1098 signatures presented were all valid and more than enough to force a voter referendum.”
State v. Montano, 437 N.W.2d 772 (Minn. Ct. App. 1989).
· cites it 2× “2 (1988) (public officer “convicted” of bribery must forfeit office); Minn.Stat. § 609.02, subd. 5 (1988) (defining “conviction” as a verdict or plea of guilty).”
Minnesota Voters All. v. Tom Hunt, Steve Simon, ... (Minn. 2024).
· cites it 6× “The new voting provision of the Re-Enfranchisement Act amended Minnesota Statutes section 201.014 (2022) by adding the following language: An individual who is ineligible to vote because of a felony conviction has the civil right to vote restored during any period when the…”
Jackson v. Simon (D. Minnesota 2023).
· cites it 2× “Minn. Stat. §§ 201.014 subd. 2(1), 609.165, subds.”
Angie Rachel Ford, Relator v. Comm'r of Human Servs. (Minn. Ct. App. 2014).
· cites it 2× “Minn. Stat. § 201.014 , subd. 3 (2012). The commissioner’s characterization of Ford’s commission of that offense as “dishonest conduct” is reasonable, and it does not constitute a factual error.”
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