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The policies governing voter participation are enacted and enforced primarily at the state level. These policies, which include voter identification requirements, early on voting provisions, online voter registration systems, and more, dictate the conditions under which American citizens cast their ballots in their corresponding states.

This article includes the following information about voting policies in North Dakota:

  • Voter registration details, including deadlines and eligibility requirements.
  • In-person voting details, including identification requirements, poll times, and early voting provisions.
  • Absentee/mail-in voting deadlines and rules.
  • Details about convicted felons' voting rights.
  • Contact information election agencies.
  • Summaries of noteworthy policy-related events.

Run into Election administration in N Dakota for more than additional data near election administration in the land, including voter listing maintenance policies, provisional ballot rules, and post-ballot auditing practices.

Voter registration

The table beneath displays voter registration information specific to North Dakota'southward 2022 principal election.

Eligibility and registration details

N Dakota is the only country that does not require voter registration.[1]

" Although North Dakota was i of the first states to adopt voter registration prior to the plow of the century, it abolished it in 1951. It is also worth noting that North Dakota law still provides cities with the ability to register voters for city elections. North Dakota is a rural state and its communities maintain close ties and networks. North Dakota'due south organisation of voting, and lack of voter registration, is rooted in its rural character by providing pocket-sized precincts. Establishing relatively small precincts is intended to ensure that ballot boards know the voters who come to the polls to vote on Election 24-hour interval and can easily detect those who should not be voting in the precinct.[2] "
—N Dakota Secretary of Country[1]

In-person voting

The table below displays in-person voting information specific to North Dakota'southward 2022 primary election.

Poll times

See also: Country poll opening and closing times

Polling locations cannot open earlier than 7:00 a.one thousand. and must exist open up by 9:00 a.m. with the exception of those precincts in which fewer than 75 votes were bandage in the concluding general election. The governing body of the exempt polling locations may straight the polls to open no after than 12:00 noon. All polling locations must remain open until 7:00 p.m. and close by 9:00 p.yard. at the latest. An individual who is in line at the time polls close must be allowed to vote. North Dakota is divided between Fundamental and Mountain time zones.[3] [iv]

Voter identification

Meet also: Voter identification laws past state

North Dakota requires voters to present identification while voting. Identification must include the voter'due south name, current N Dakota residential address, and date of birth.[5]

Voters can present the following forms of information:

  • Driver's license
  • Nondriver's identification carte
  • Tribal government-issued identification (including those issued by the Agency of Indian Affairs (BIA) for a tribe located in N Dakota, any other tribal agency or entity, or any other document that sets along the tribal member'southward name, date of nativity, and electric current North Dakota residential accost)
  • Long-term care identification certificate (provided past North Dakota facility)

If a voter does not take a course of identification that includes his or her current Northward Dakota residential accost or date of birth, the voter can present the post-obit supplemental documents:

  • Electric current utility pecker
  • Current bank statement
  • Check or a document issued by a federal, state, local, or tribal authorities (including those issued by BIA for a tribe located in N Dakota, any other tribal agency or entity, or any other document that sets forth the tribal member's name, date of birth, and electric current North Dakota residential accost)
  • Paycheck

Voters who cast absentee ballots or vote by mail must include a valid form of identification with their ballot. N Dakota residents living outside of the United States can submit a U.S. Passport or Military machine ID if they do non take a valid form of identification. A voter who has a disability that prevents them from leaving his or her home and is unable to obtain a valid course of identification "must provide his or her name, North Dakota driver's license, nondriver's, or tribal identification number, and sign the absentee/mail ballot application grade to adjure to the applicant's North Dakota residency and voting eligibility."[5]

Early voting

Run into too: Early voting

North Dakota permits early voting. Larn more past visiting this website.

Absentee/mail service-in voting

Encounter also: Absentee/mail-in voting

The table below displays absentee voting information specific to North Dakota's 2022 primary election.

All voters are eligible to vote absentee in North Dakota. There are no special eligibility requirements for voting absentee.[6]

There is no specific deadline for applying for an absentee ballot. The completed ballot must be postmarked at least 1 day before the election.[6]

Convicted felons' voting rights

Meet also: Voting rights for bedevilled felons

In North Dakota, individuals serving time in prison considering of a felony confidence practise not have a right to vote. Voting rights are automatically regained upon release from prison. Click hither for more data regarding an incarcerated individual's rights in North Dakota.

Voting rights for convicted felons vary from state to state. In the majority of states, convicted felons cannot vote while they are incarcerated but may regain the correct to vote upon release from prison or at some indicate thereafter.[seven] [eight]

Election agencies

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See also: State ballot agencies

Individuals seeking additional information about voting provisions in North Dakota tin can contact the following land and federal agencies.

North Dakota Secretary of Land, Elections Sectionalisation

600 E. Boulevard Ave., Dept. 108, 1st Floor
Bismarck, N Dakota 58505-0500
Phone: 701-328-4146
Electronic mail: soselect@nd.gov

U.Due south. Election Help Commission

1335 E West Highway, Suite 4300
Silver Jump, Maryland 20910
Phone: 866-747-1471

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External links

  • Official state election website

Footnotes

  1. i.0 i.ane North Dakota Secretary of State, "North Dakota….The Only Country Without Voter Registration," accessed October iv, 2019
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Whatever inconsistencies are owing to the original source.
  3. N Dakota Secretarial assistant of Country, "Election Agenda 2020," accessed October 17, 2019
  4. North Dakota Secretary of State, "2017-2019 Due north Dakota Election Laws," accessed Oct 17, 2019
  5. 5.0 5.ane N Dakota Secretary of State, "ID Requirements for Voting," accessed October 7, 2019
  6. half-dozen.0 6.1 North Dakota Secretary of State, "North Dakota Residents Choosing to Vote Absentee or by Mail," accessed Oct fifteen, 2019
  7. National Conference of Country Legislatures, "Felon Voting Rights," accessed July 15, 2014
  8. American Ceremonious Liberties Wedlock, "State Criminal Re-enfranchisement Laws," accessed September thirteen, 2019