Alabama
In Person:15 days before Election Day.
By Mail:Postmarked 15 days before Election Day.
Online:15 days before Election Day.
Alaska
In Person:30 days before Election Day.
By Mail:Postmarked 30 days before Election Day.
If this falls on a Sunday, postmarked 31 days before Election Day.
Online:30 days before Election Day.
Online:29 days before Election Day.
Arkansas
By Mail:Postmarked 30 days before Election Day.
If this falls on a Sunday, postmarked 29 days before Election Day.
Check in with them for additional details.
By Mail:Received 8 days before Election Day.
Online:8 days before Election Day.
Connecticut
In Person:7 days before Election Day.
By Mail:Postmarked 7 days before Election Day.
Online:7 days before Election Day.
Delaware
In Person:24 days before Election Day.
By Mail:Postmarked 24 days before Election Day.
Online:The fourth Saturday before Election Day.
Florida
In Person:29 days before Election Day.
By Mail:Postmarked 29 days before Election Day.
Georgia
Online:The fifth Monday before Election Day.
Hawaii
By Mail:Postmarked 30 days before Election Day.
Idaho
In Person:24 days before Election Day.
If you miss this deadline, you may also register on Election Day.
(You must show proof of residence to register at the polls on Election Day.)
By Mail:Postmarked 25 days before Election Day.
Online:25 days before Election Day.
Simply go to your regular polling place or early voting site to register and vote.
You will need to show proof of residence and a photo ID.
By Mail:Postmarked 28 days before Election Day.
Online:16 days before Election Day.
you might also register in person (and vote) at your local elections office during the grace period.
The grace period starts 27 days before Election Day and ends on Election Day.
Grace Period Voting doesnottake place at your regular polling place.
Grace Period Voting almost always happens at your Local Election Office.
Indiana
Iowa
In Person:10 days before Election Day.
By Mail:Postmarked 15 days before Election Day or received 10 days before Election Day.
Online:10 days before Election Day.
Simply go to your regular polling place or early voting site to register and vote.
Kansas
In Person:21 days before Election Day.
By Mail:Postmarked 21 days before Election Day.
Online:21 days before Election Day.
Kentucky
Louisiana
Online:20 days before Election Day.
Maine
In Person:Election Day.
By Mail:Received 21 business days before Election Day.
Photo ID and proof of residence is required.
Maryland
In Person:21 days before Election Day.
You may also register during early voting or on Election Day with proof of address.
See Election Day registration instructions.
it’s possible for you to register to vote in person during early voting and on Election Day.
Massachusetts
In Person:20 days before Election Day.
By Mail:Postmarked 20 days before Election Day.
Michigan
In Person:Election Day at your city or township clerk office.
To register under these rules, contact yourlocal election office.
Minnesota
By Mail:Received 21 days before Election Day.
Simply go to your regular in-person absentee voting siteor to your regular polling placeto register and vote.
Mississippi
Missouri
In Person:27 days before Election Day.
By Mail:Postmarked 27 days before Election Day.
Online:27 days before Election Day.
Montana
By Mail:Postmarked 30 days before Election Day.
Received 27 days before Election Day.
Nebraska
In Person:11 days before Election Day.
By Mail:Postmarked 18 days before Election Day.
Received 14 days before Election Day, if theres an illegible postmark.
Online:18 days before Election Day.
Nevada
Online:5 days before Election Day.
You may register to vote in person at the polling place either during early voting or on Election Day.
You must show a valid Nevada drivers license or identification card at the polls to vote.
If the identification does not have your current address, you must also show proof of residency.
New Hampshire
In Person:Election Day.
Before Election Day, the last day to register is the last meeting of the Supervisors of the Checklist.
The supervisors meet once, 6-13 days before Election Day.
Simply go to your regular polling place or early voting site to register and vote.
Voters should bring a valid photo ID to vote.
28 days before Election Day otherwise.
By Mail:Postmarked 28 days before Election Day.
Online:28 days before Election Day.
New York
In Person:25 days before Election Day.
By Mail:Postmarked 25 days before Election Day.
Received 20 days before Election Day.
North Carolina
In Person:The Saturday before Election Day if voting early in person.
Otherwise 25 days before Election Day.
By Mail:Postmarked 25 days before Election Day.
If the tool is approved, the individual may vote the same day.
North Dakota
In Person:North Dakota does not have voter registration.
You simply need to bring valid proof of ID and residency to the polls to get to vote.
By Mail:North Dakota does not have voter registration.
You simply need to bring valid proof of ID and residency to the polls to vote.
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
By Mail:Received 15 days before Election Day.
Rhode Island
By Mail:Postmarked 30 days before Election Day.
South Carolina
In Person:30 days before Election Day.
South Dakota
Tennessee
In Person:30 days before Election Day.
If this falls on a Sunday, 29 days before Election Day.
As far as missing the deadline, Utahs rules are pretty long, soyou can find them here.
By Mail:Received Election Day.
Online:Election Day.
you’re free to register to vote on Election Day at your polling place.
You must show proof of residence to register at the polls on Election Day.
Virginia
In Person:22 days before Election Day.
If this day falls on a Sunday, 21 days before Election Day.
Online:22 days before Election Day.
Washington, D.C.
In Person:Election Day, with proof of residency.
Simply go to your regular polling place or early voting site to register and vote.
West Virginia
Wisconsin
In Person:The Friday before Election Day.
By Mail:Postmarked the 3rd Wednesday before Election Day.
Individuals may register to vote in person at your polling place on Election Day.
All individuals must provide both a proof of residency document and proof of identification to register on election Day.
Wyoming
In Person:14 days before Election Day.
By Mail:Postmarked 14 days before Election Day.
Wyoming also a long set of rules if you miss the regular deadline, andyou can find those here.
If youre outside your home state, use am I registered to vote in [insert state] instead.
That should bring you to your states site.
If youre already listed as being an active voter, youre all set.
And if you voted in your states recent primary elections, you should already be registered.
Whats the difference between mail-in voting and absentee voting?
Thats a great question.
Thanks to new legislation, court cases and COVID-19, state-level policies have been evolving.
But certain states will automatically send mail-in ballots to all registered voters.
And this is where some of the confusion over what constitutes mail-in voting versus absentee voting comes from.
Will this definitely help?
What is early voting?
Thats right: theres another punch in of voting in the mix.
Voting-by-mail does involve filling out your ballot and submitting it ahead of Election Daywhich yes, is technically early.
Its not just youits confusing.
But we hope this helps.
Election Assistance CommissionandLeague of Women Voters.
If you want to learn more about becoming a poll worker, check outHelpAmericaVote.organd our recentcoverage of the topic.
This post has been updated with additional resources providing information on voting, elections and becoming a poll worker.
