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STATE |
REGISTRATION DEADLINES |
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Alabama |
10 days before an election |
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Alaska |
30 days before an election |
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Arizona |
29 days before an election |
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Arkansas |
30 days before an election |
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California |
29 days before an election |
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Colorado |
29 days before an election |
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Connecticut |
14 days before an election |
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Delaware |
20 days prior to a general election and 21 days prior to any primary election |
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D.C. |
30 days before an election |
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Florida |
29 days before an election |
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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 |
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Hawaii |
30 days before an election |
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Idaho |
25 days before an election if mailed; 24 days for in person; or election day at the polls |
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Illinois |
29 days before primary, 28 days before a general election |
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Indiana |
29 days before an election |
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Iowa |
Must be delivered by 5 pm 10 days before a state primary or general election, 11 days before all others or postmarked 15 or more days before an election |
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Kansas |
Delivered 15 days before an election |
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Kentucky |
28 days before an election |
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Louisiana |
30 days before an election |
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Maine |
10 business days before an election or delivered in person up to and including election day |
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Maryland |
Postmarked 25 days before an election or received in the elections office by 9pm no later than 21 days before an election |
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Massachusetts |
20 days before an election |
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Michigan |
30 days before an election |
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Minnesota |
Delivered by 5pm 21 days before an election; also election day registration at polling places |
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Mississippi |
30 days before an election |
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Missouri |
28 days before an election |
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Montana |
30 days before an election |
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Nebraska |
Received by 6pm on the second Friday before the election or postmarked by the third Friday before the election |
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Nevada |
9pm on the fifth Saturday before any primary or general election. 9pm on the third Saturday before any recall or special election unless held on the same day as a primary or general election and then it remains the fifth Saturday |
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New Hampshire |
Must be received by city or town clerk 10 days before an election or registration at the polls on election day |
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New Jersey |
29 days before an election |
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New Mexico |
28 days before an election |
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New York |
25 days before an election |
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North Carolina |
Postmarked 25 days before an election or received 25 days before an election in the elections office or designated voter registration agency by 5pm |
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North Dakota |
North Dakota does not have voter registration |
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Ohio |
Postmarked 30 days before an election or received 25 days before the election |
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Oklahoma |
25 days before an election |
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Oregon |
Postmarked or received 21 days before an election |
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Pennsylvania |
30 days before an election |
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Rhode Island |
30 days before an election |
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South Carolina |
30 days before an election |
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South Dakota |
Postmarked 30 days before an election or delivered 15 days before an election |
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Tennessee |
Postmarked or received 30 days before an election |
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Texas |
30 days before an election |
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Utah |
Postmarked 20 days before an election |
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Vermont |
Postmarked, submitted, or accepted by noon second Saturday before an election |
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Virginia |
Delivered 29 days before an election |
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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 |
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West Virginia |
30 days before an election |
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Wisconsin |
Postmarked or accepted by the second Wednesday preceding election or completed in the local voter registration office 1 day before the election; or completed at the polling place on election day |
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Wyoming |
30 days before an election or register at the polling place on election day |
