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Voter Registration Deadline Information

 

REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR ALL STATES using the national voter registration form.

To register in time to vote in any upcoming election, your application must be postmarked or delivered to your local voter registration office by the deadline listed below.  Revised 9/8/99

  • Alabama - 10 days before the election
  • Alaska - 30 days before the election
  • Arizona - 29 days before the election
  • Arkansas - 30 days before the election
  • California - 29 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 21 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.  The fifth day after the date of the call for all other special primaries and special  elections.
  • Hawaii - 30 days before the election
  • Idaho - 25 days before the election
  • Illinois - 29 days before the 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 - 28 days before the election
  • Louisiana - 24 days before the election
  • Maine - 10 days before the election (or delivered in-person up to and including election day)
  • Maryland - 9:00 p.m. 25 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 fourth Tuesday 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 p.m.  on the fifth Saturday before the day for the elections)
  • New Hampshire - In New Hampshire, this application may be used only as a request for a State voter registration application, 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 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 (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 or primary
  • Rhode Island - 30 days before the election
  • South Carolina - 30 days before the election
  • South Dakota - Delivered 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 - 30 days before the election
  • Wisconsin - This application may be used only as a request for a State voter registration application, which must be received by 13 days before the election (or completed in the local voter registration office 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