• Official State Website
• Secretary of State Website
• Absentee Voting Rules Webpage

Summary

In order to vote in North Dakota, you must be:

• A U.S. citizen.
• At least 18 years old on the day of an election.
• A legal North Dakota resident.
• A resident in the precinct for 30 days preceding the election.

Voting before Election Day (also known as absentee voting and Early Voting) is easy in North Dakota and available to every voter. Simply complete an Absent Voter's Ballot Application and deliver it to your County Election Administrator (Auditor) (455kb rtf) at any time during an election year. (It's commonly called absentee voting because voters used to be required to provide a reason for their absence on Election Day in order to vote early.) Ballots are available to voters 40 days prior to each Election Day. When the ballots are prepared, the county auditor will send a ballot and other information to all who have applied to vote early.
After voting the ballot, the voter returns it and the other required documents to the county auditor's office where it will be kept secure until it is counted on Election Day. If these ballots are returned by an in person visit by the voter to the county auditor, they must be returned by at least the day before the election. If they are returned by mail, they must have a postmark or other official date mark by at least the day before the election.



Deadlines
North Dakota is the ONLY state in the Nation without some form of voter registration. Therefore, North Dakota voters have NO pre-election dat registration requirements prior to voting.

• Deadline to register to vote in November 2008 election: N/A

• Deadline to register for absentee ballot in November 2008 election: N/A

Voting Equipment
Optical scan equipment and paper ballot voting systems.