Can I vote if I've been arrested?

Can I vote if I've been arrested?

Thea Brodkin (Voter Service Chair) gives expert video advice on: Who can vote in US elections?; Why do I have to be 18 to vote?; Why can't felons vote? and more...

If you're waiting for trial, you're not convicted yet. You can still vote. We have an absentee ballot, you can vote by mail. If you're in jail not for a felony but for a misdemeanor or something, you should be allowed to vote. But these people don't know that they're supposed to be allowed to vote, so they don't vote and the prisons don't do anything to help them vote in the jails. So the league has tried very hard to get this information into the jails.