Maine Voting Age
From YRN
| Maine Voting Age | |
|---|---|
| State: Maine | |
| Law: Voting Age | |
| Info: Voting Age Info | |
| Other Maine Laws: | |
| Abortion Age | |
| Blood Donation Age | |
| Boating Age | |
| Civil Rights and Age Discrimination | |
| Consent Age for Medical Procedures | |
| Curfew Age | |
| Drinking Age | |
| Driving Age | |
| Emancipation Law | |
| Employment Law | |
| Gambling Age | |
| Running for Office | |
| Sexual Consent Age | |
| Smoking Age | |
| Tattoos and Piercings | |
| Voting Age |
Summary:
You must be 18 to vote in general elections and may vote in primary elections if you will be turning 18 in time for the general election.
Link:
http://janus.state.me.us/legis/const/Constitution2005-02.htm#P74_9835 http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/21-A/title21-Asec111-A.html
Full Text:
Article II. Electors.
Section 1. Qualifications of electors; written ballot; military servicemen; students. Every citizen of the United States of the age of 18 years and upwards, excepting persons under guardianship for reasons of mental illness, having his or her residence established in this State, shall be an elector for Governor, Senators and Representatives, in the city, town or plantation where his or her residence has been established, if he or she continues to reside in this State; and the elections shall be by written ballot. But persons in the military, naval or marine service of the United States, or this State, shall not be considered as having obtained such established residence by being stationed in any garrison, barrack or military place, in any city, town or plantation; nor shall the residence of a student at any seminary of learning entitle the student to the right of suffrage in the city, town or plantation where such seminary is established. No person, however, shall be deemed to have lost residence by reason of the person's absence from the state in the military service of the United States, or of this State.
§111-A. Voting age qualification for primary elections
A person who has not yet reached 18 years of age but will be 18 years of age at the time of a general election and meets all other qualifications in order to vote in a primary election may vote in the primary election for the selection of candidates to be on the ballot at that general election. [2005, c. 387, §2 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY 2003, c. 577, §1 (NEW). 2005, c. 387, §2 (AMD).
