Voter Registration Deadlines
This table shows the last day on which you can register to vote in each state.
State Voter Registration Deadlines
[State Voter
Registration Requirements]
STATE |
REGISTRATION DEADLINES FOR ALL ELECTIONS |
| Alabama | 10 days before an election. |
| Alaska | 30 days before an election. |
| Arizona | 29 days before an election. |
| Arkansas | 30 days before an election. |
| California | 29 days before an election. |
| Colorado | 29 days before an election. If the application is received in the mail without a postmark, it must be received within 5 days of the close of registration. |
| Connecticut | 14 days before an election. |
| Delaware | 20 days prior to the general election and 21 days prior to any primary election. |
| D.C. | 30 days before an election. |
| Florida | 29 days before an election. |
| Georgia | The fifth Monday before a general primary, general election, or presidential preference primary. The fifth day after the date of the call for all other special primaries and special elections. |
| Hawaii | 30 days before an election |
| Idaho | 25 days before an election - mail; 24 days for in person; or election day at the polls. |
| Illinois | 29 days before primary; 28 days before a general election |
| Indiana | 29 days before an election |
| Iowa | Delivered by 5 pm 10 days before a state primary or general election; 11 days before all others. A postmark 15 or more days before an election is considered on time. |
| Kansas | Delivered 15 days before an election. |
| Kentucky | 28 days before an election. |
| Louisiana | 24 days before an election. |
| Maine | 10 business days before an election or delivered in person up to and including election day. |
| Maryland | 9 pm on the fifth Monday before an election. |
| Massachusetts | 20 days before an election. |
| Michigan | 30 days before an election. |
| Minnesota | Delivered by 5pm 21 days before an election; also election day registration at polling places. |
| Mississippi | 30 days before an election. |
| Missouri | 28 days before an election. |
| Montana | 30 days before an election. |
| Nebraska | The fourth Tuesday before an election or delivered by 6pm on the second Friday before an election. |
| Nevada | 9pm on the fifth Sat. before any primary or general election. 9pm on the third Sat. before any recall or special election unless held on the same day as a primary or general election. Then it remains the fifth Saturday. |
| New Hampshire | Must be received by city or town clerk 10 days before an election; or regis at the polls on election day. |
| New Jersey | 29 days before an election. |
| New Mexico | 28 days before an election. |
| New York | 25 days before an election. |
| North Carolina | Postmarked 25 days before an election or received in the elections office or designated voter regis. agency by 5pm. |
| North Dakota | North Dakota does not have voter registration. |
| Ohio | 30 days before an election. |
| Oklahoma | 25 days before an election. |
| Oregon | 21 days before an election. (There is no deadline for applications for change of name, change of address or to register with a party.) |
| Pennsylvania | 30 days before an election. |
| Rhode Island | 30 days before an election. *Check Saturday Hours |
| South Carolina | 30 days before an election. |
| South Dakota | Delivered 15 days before an election. |
| Tennessee | 30 days before an election. |
| Texas | 30 days before an election. |
| Utah | 20 days before an election. |
| Vermont | Delivered to the town clerk before noon, postmarked or submitted to DMV on the second Sat. before an election. |
| Virginia | Delivered 29 days before an election. |
| Washington | 30 days before an election; or delivered in-person up to 15 days before an election at a location designated by the county elections officer (usually the county courthouse). |
| West Virginia | 30 days before an election. |
| Wisconsin | 13 days before an election; or completed in the local voter registration office 1 day before an election; or completed at the polling place on election day. |
| Wyoming | 30 days before an election or register at the polling place on election day. |
Source: Federal Election Commission
[State Voter Registration Requirements]
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