Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, you know that Election Day is fast approaching.

Don’t worry—there is still still plenty of time to get registered to vote and you may not know that today, Sept. 27, is National Voter Registration Day.  Here are some fun facts about voter registration:

• Forty-nine states require voters to be registered in order to cast a ballot. North Dakota is the only state that does not have voter registration.
• There are more than 146 million registered voters in the U.S., but 72 million more people who are eligible to vote but not yet registered.
• Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia currently allow voters to register to vote or change their registration online.
• Twelve states and the District of Columbia allow a voter to register to vote and cast a ballot on the same day.
• Ten states and the District of Columbia allow someone as young as 16 to preregister to vote, so when turning 18 they are already registered to vote.
• You can register to vote when you visit your motor vehicle agency thanks to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. This is also known as “motor voter.”
• Oregon is the only state in the country to automatically register someone to vote when they visit the motor vehicle agency, though four other states will be implementing similar laws in the coming years.

To register to vote in your state, contact your local election official for more information.

Dan Diorio is a policy specialist in NCSL's Elections Program.

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