Voting Rights of People with Criminal Records
New York State:
You may not register or vote if you have been convicted of a felony and:
• You are currently incarcerated; or
• You are under parole supervision.
You may register and vote if you were convicted of a felony and:
• You were sentenced to probation;
• You were not sentenced to incarceration or your prison sentence was suspended;
• You have served your maximum prison sentence;
• You have been discharged from parole; or
• You have received a pardon.
You may register and vote, even from jail , if you have been convicted only of a misdemeanor.
The same rules apply whether you were convicted in a New York court, another state’s court, or a federal court.
You do not need to provide any documentation about your criminal record in order to register and vote.
If you, or anyone you know, had difficulty registering to vote in New York due to a criminal conviction, please call the Brennan Center for Justice at (212) 998-6418, or email
vote-restoration@nyu.edu. Tell us your name, address, phone number, the country where you tried to register, and the problem you encountered.
