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State Voter Registration Deadlines

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.