STATE

DEADLINE TO REGISTER *

REGISTRATION DEADLINES FOR ALL ELECTIONS

Nevada

9pm on the fifth Sat. before any primary or general election. 9pm on the third Sat. before any recall or special election unless held on the same day as a primary or general election. Then it remains the fifth Saturday.

Alaska

30 days before an election.

Arkansas

30 days before an election.

D.C.

30 days before an election.

Hawaii

30 days before an election

Louisiana

24 days before an election.

Michigan

30 days before an election.

Mississippi

30 days before an election.

Montana

30 days before an election.

Ohio

30 days before an election.

Pennsylvania

30 days before an election.

Rhode Island

30 days before an election. *Check Saturday Hours

South Carolina

30 days before an election.

Tennessee

30 days before an election.

Texas

30 days before an election.

Utah

20 days before an election.

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 (usually the county courthouse).

Florida

29 days before an election.

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.

Colorado

29 days before an election. If the application is received in the mail without a postmark, it must be received within 5 days of the close of registration.

Arizona

29 days before an election.

Indiana

29 days before an election

Kentucky

28 days before an election.

Virginia

Delivered 29 days before an election.

Illinois

29 days before primary; 28 days before a general election

New Mexico

28 days before an election.

Missouri

28 days before an election.

Idaho

25 days before an election - mail; 24 days for in person; or election day at the polls.

New York

25 days before an election.

North Carolina

Postmarked 25 days before an election or received in the elections office or designated voter regis. Agency by 5pm.

Oklahoma

25 days before an election.

Delaware

20 days prior to the general election and 21 days prior to any primary election.

Maryland

9 pm on the fifth Monday before an election.

New Jersey

29 days before an election.

Oregon

21 days before an election. (There is no deadline for applications for change of name, change of address or to register with a party.)

West Virginia

30 days before an election.

Massachusetts

20 days before an election.

Nebraska

The fourth Tuesday before an election or delivered by 6pm on the second Friday before an election.

California

29 days before an election.

Kansas

Delivered 15 days before an election.

South Dakota

Delivered 15 days before an election.

Alabama

10 days before an election.

Vermont

Delivered to the town clerk before noon, postmarked or submitted to DMV on the second Sat. before an election.

Connecticut

14 days before an election.

Iowa

Delivered by 5 pm 10 days before a state primary or general election; 11 days before all others. A postmark 15 or more days before an election is considered on time.

Maine

10 business days before an election or delivered in person up to and including election day.

Minnesota

Delivered by 5pm 21 days before an election; also election day registration at polling places.

New Hampshire

Must be received by city or town clerk 10 days before an election; or register at the polls on election day.

Wisconsin

13 days before an election; or completed in the local voter registration office 1 day before an election; or completed at the polling place on election day.

Wyoming

30 days before an election or register at the polling place on election day.

North Dakota

North Dakota does not have voter registration.