| State |
Registration Deadline
|
Election Day Registration?
|
Online Voter Registration
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama |
Oct. 22
|
Postmarked or submitted 15 days before the election. | ||
| Alaska |
Oct. 7
|
Postmarked or submitted 30 days before the election. | ||
| Arizona |
Oct. 9
|
Received 29 days before Election Day. | ||
| Arkansas |
Oct. 9
|
Postmarked or submitted 30 days before Election Day. If it falls on a Sunday, 29 days before Election Day. | ||
| California |
In-Person: Election Day, Nov. 6
By Mail: Oct. 29
Online: Oct. 22
|
In-person through Election Day
|
If the voter registration deadline has passed, you can still conditionally register to vote and cast a provisional ballot in person at your County Elections Office through Election Day. | |
| Colorado |
In-Person: Election Day, Nov. 6
By Mail: Oct. 29
Online: Oct. 29
|
In-person through Election Day
|
You can register and cast a ballot up through Election Day by appearing in-person at a Voter Service and Polling Center. | |
| Connecticut | Oct. 30 | Or in-person on Election Day | Yes, Click Here | Postmarked or submitted 7 days before the election online, mail or in person. On Election Day at designated locations in each city or town. |
| Delaware |
Oct. 13
|
Postmarked or submitted by the fourth Saturday before a general or primary election. | ||
| District of Columbia |
In-person: Election Day, Nov. 6
By Mail: Oct. 16
Online: Oct. 16
|
In-person through Election Day
|
Received 21 days before the election. | |
| Florida |
Oct. 9
|
Postmarked or submitted 29 days before Election Day. If you have returned from a deployment outside the US after the deadline you can register until 5 pm, Nov. 2. | ||
| Georgia |
Oct. 9
|
Postmarked or submitted 29 days before Election Day. | ||
| Hawaii |
Oct. 9
|
Or in-person on Election Day
|
Received 29 days before Election Day. | |
| Idaho |
Oct. 12
|
In-person through Election Day
|
Postmarked or submitted 25 days before Election Day. On Election Day with proof of residence at your polling place. | |
| Illinois |
In-person: Election Day, Nov. 6
By Mail: Oct. 9
Online: Oct. 21
|
In-person through Election Day
|
Postmarked or submitted 28 days before the election. In person anytime after mail deadline and on Election Day at sites designated by your county election office. | |
| Indiana |
Oct. 9
|
Postmarked or submitted 29 days before the election. | ||
| Iowa |
Oct. 27
|
Or in-person on Election Day
|
Received 10 days before election. On Election Day at your polling place. | |
| Kansas |
Oct. 16
|
Postmarked or submitted online or in person 21 days before the election if mailed. | ||
| Kentucky |
Oct. 9
|
Postmarked or submitted 29 days before the election. | ||
| Louisiana |
In-Person: Oct. 9
By Mail: Oct. 9
Online: Oct. 16
|
Received 30 days before Election Day unless that falls on a Sunday, in which case it is 29 days before Election Day. | ||
| Maine |
In-person: Election Day, Nov. 6
By Mail: Oct. 16
|
In-person on Election Day
|
|
If mailed or from a registration drive, received by the 21st day before the election. Anytime in-person at your election office and on Election Day at your polling place. |
| Maryland |
In-person: Nov. 1
By Mail: Oct. 16
Online: Oct. 16
|
Or in-person during early voting
|
Postmarked or submitted 21 days before the election. | |
| Massachusetts |
Oct. 17
|
Postmarked or submitted 20 days before the election. | ||
| Michigan |
Oct. 9
|
|
Postmarked or submitted 30 days before the election. | |
| Minnesota |
In-person: Election Day, Nov.6
By Mail:Oct. 16
Online: Oct. 16
|
In-person through Election Day
|
Received 21 days before the election. On Election Day at your polling place. | |
| Mississippi |
In-person: Oct. 8
By Mail:Oct. 9
|
Postmarked or submitted by the 5th Saturday before Election Day. | ||
| Missouri |
Oct. 10
|
Postmarked or submitted by the 4th Wednesday before Election Day. | ||
| Montana |
In-person: Election Day, Nov. 6
By Mail: Oct. 9
|
In-person through Election Day
|
|
Postmarked 30 days before the election unless it’s a Sunday in which case it’s 29 days. In person anytime after the advance deadline at your county election office including on Election Day. |
| Nebraska |
In-person: Oct.26
By Mail: Oct. 19
Online:Oct. 19
|
Postmarked the third Friday before the election by mail. Received in person from voter at local election office the second Friday before the election. | ||
| Nevada |
In-person: Oct. 16
By Mail: Oct. 9
Online: Oct. 18
|
|
31 days before Election Day by mail. 21 days if online or in-person. | |
| New Hampshire |
In-person: Election Day, Nov. 6
By Mail: Oct. 24
|
In-person through Election Day
|
|
Received 10 days before the election by mail. On Election Day at your polling place. |
| New Jersey |
Oct. 16
|
Received 21 days before the election. On Election Day at your polling place. | ||
| New Mexico |
Oct. 9
|
Postmarked or submitted 28 days before the election. In person anytime after mail deadline and on Election Day at sites designated by your county election office. | ||
| New York |
Oct. 12
|
Postmarked 25 days and received 20 days before the election. Submitted in-person 25 days before the election. | ||
| North Carolina |
In-person: Nov. 3
By Mail: Oct. 12
|
Postmarked or submitted 25 days before the election. | ||
| North Dakota |
none
|
North Dakota does not have voter registration. | ||
| Ohio |
Oct. 9
|
Received 30 days before election. | ||
| Oklahoma |
Oct. 12
|
Postmarked or submitted 25 days before the election. | ||
| Oregon |
Oct. 16
|
Received 21 days before the election | ||
| Pennsylvania |
Oct. 9
|
Received 30 days before the election. On Election Day at city or town hall in presidential year for office of president only. | ||
| Rhode Island |
Oct. 7
|
Received 30 days before the election. On Election Day at city or town hall in presidential year for office of president only. | ||
| South Carolina |
Oct. 17
|
|
Postmarked or submitted 30 days before the election. | |
| South Dakota |
Oct. 22
|
Received 15 days before the election. | ||
| Tennessee |
Oct. 9
|
Postmarked or submitted 30 days before the election. | ||
| Texas |
Oct. 9
|
Postmarked or submitted 30 days before the election. | ||
| Utah |
In-person: Oct. 30
By Mail: Oct. 9
Online: Oct. 30
|
Postmarked 30 days before the election by mail. Submitted 7 days before election online or in person at county election office. | ||
| Vermont |
Nov. 6
|
In-person through Election Day
|
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| Virginia |
Oct. 15
|
Postmarked or submitted 22 days before the election. | ||
| Washington |
In-person: Oct. 29
By Mail: Oct. 8
Online: Oct. 8
|
Postmarked or submitted the Monday four weeks before the election by mail or online. Submitted in person on the Monday one week before the election in person. | ||
| West Virginia |
Oct. 16
|
|
Postmarked or submitted 21 days before the election. | |
| Wisconsin |
In-person: Election Day, Nov. 6
Online: Oct. 17
By Mail: Oct. 17
|
In-person through Election Day
|
Postmarked 20 days before the election. In-person by the voter the Friday before the election. On Election Day at your polling place. | |
| Wyoming |
In-person: Election Day, Nov. 6
By Mail: Oct. 22
|
In-person through Election Day
|
You may register and vote at the same time — during the absentee voting period or on Election Day. |
Last updated October 2, 2018