Alabama |
Voter registration
is closed during the ten days preceding an election. Applications must be postmarked or
delivered by the eleventh day prior to the election. |
Alaska |
30 days before the
election. |
Arizona |
29 days before the
election. |
Arkansas |
30 days before the
election. |
California |
15 days before the
election. |
Colorado |
29 days before the
election. If the application is received in the mails without a postmark, it must be
received within 5 days of the close of registration. |
Connecticut |
14 days before the
election. |
Delaware |
20 days prior to the
general election and 20 days prior to any primary election. |
District of Columbia |
30 days before the
election. |
Florida |
29 days before the
election. |
Georgia |
The fifth Monday before any general primary, general election, or presidential preference primary, or regularly scheduled special election pursuant to the Georgia Election Code. In the event that a special election is scheduled on a date other that those dates prescribed by the Georgia Election Code, registration would close on the 5th day after the call. |
Hawaii |
30 days before the
election. |
Idaho |
25 days before the
election. |
Illinois |
28 days prior to
each election. |
Indiana |
29 days before the
election. |
Iowa |
Must be delivered by
5 p.m. 10 days before the election, if it is a state primary or general election; 11 days
before all others. Registration forms which are postmarked 15 or more days before an
election are considered on time even if received after the deadline. |
Kansas |
Delivered 15 days
before the election. |
Kentucky |
29 days before the
election. |
Louisiana |
30 days before the
election. |
Maine |
Delivered 10
business days before the election (or a voter may register in-person up to and
including election day). |
Maryland |
9:00 p.m. 21 days
before the election. |
Massachusetts |
20 days before the
election. |
Michigan |
30 days before the
election. |
Minnesota |
Delivered by 5:00
p.m. 21 days before the election (there is also election day registration at polling
places). |
Mississippi |
30 days before the
election. |
Missouri |
28 days before the
election. |
Montana |
30 days before the
election. |
Nebraska |
The third Friday
before the election (or delivered by 6 p.m. on the second Friday before the election). |
Nevada |
9:00 p.m. on the
fifth Saturday before any primary or general election. 9:00 p.m. on the third Saturday
before any recall or special election. However, if a recall or special election is held on
the same day as a primary or general election, the registration closes at 9:00 p.m. on the
fifth Saturday before the day for the elections. |
New Hampshire |
New Hampshire town
and city clerks will accept this application only as a request for their own absentee
voter mail-in registration form, which must be received by your city or town clerk by 10
days before the election. |
New Jersey |
29 days before the
election. |
New Mexico |
28 days before the
election. |
New York |
25 days before the
election. |
North Carolina |
Postmarked 25 days
before the election or received in the elections office or designated voter registration
agency site by 5:00 p.m. 25 days before the election. |
North Dakota |
North Dakota does
not have voter registration. |
Ohio |
30 days before the
election. |
Oklahoma |
25 days before the
election. |
Oregon |
21 days before the election. |
Pennsylvania |
30 days before an
election or primary. |
Rhode Island |
30 days before the
election. |
South Carolina |
30 days before the
election. |
South Dakota |
Received 15 days
before the election. |
Tennessee |
30 days before the
election. |
Texas |
30 days before the
election. |
Utah |
20 days before the
election. |
Vermont |
Delivered to the
town clerk before 12:00 noon on the second Saturday before the election. |
Virginia |
Delivered 29 days
before the election. |
Washington |
30 days before the
election (or delivered in-person to the local voter registration office 15 days before the
election). |
West Virginia |
20 days before the
election. |
Wisconsin |
For municipalities
where voter registration is required, 13 days before the election (or completed in the
local voter registration office up to 5:00 pm. 1 day before the election, or completed at
the polling place on election day). |
Wyoming |
Wyoming by law,
cannot accept this form unless State law is changed. |