DemDaily: Your Voter Registration
September 14, 2016
There are three key categories of voting in the United States.
In most states, citizens sign up as voters prior to Election Day, with a cutoff for registration somewhere between 3 and 30 days before the election, but the policy varies from state-to-state regarding requirements, sub-categories and deadlines:
Voter Registration: Registration by mail, online or same-day registration.
Early Voting: Process for voting in advance of the scheduled election day - by mail, online or in person at a designated polling location.
Absentee Voting: Where an individual who expects to be absent on election day may vote by mail, which entails an absentee ballot request deadline, as well as ballot submission deadline.
All 50 states and the territories, including Democrats voting abroad, are still open to voter registration. For your convenience, the deadlines for each!
State | Registration Deadline |
Alabama | October 24* |
Alaska | October 9* |
American Samoa | October 10 |
Arizona | October 10* |
Arkansas | October 10 |
California | October 24* |
Colorado | October 31* |
Connecticut | November 1* |
Delaware | October 15* |
District of Columbia | October 11*# |
Florida | October 11 |
Georgia | October 11* |
Guam | October 28 |
Hawaii | October 10* |
Idaho | October 14# |
Illinois | October 11* |
Indiana | October 11* |
Iowa | October 29*# |
Kansas | October 18* |
Kentucky | October 11* |
Louisiana | October 11* |
Maine | October 18# |
Maryland | October 18* |
Massachusetts | October 19* |
Michigan | October 11 |
Minnesota | October 18*# |
Mississippi | October 8 |
Missouri | October 12* |
Montana | October 11# |
Nebraska | October 21* |
Nevada | October 8* |
New Hampshire | October 29# |
New Jersey | October 18 |
New Mexico | October 11* |
New York | October 14* |
North Carolina | October 14 |
North Dakota | No Formal Registration Required |
Northern Mariana Islands | October 10 |
Ohio | October 11 |
Oklahoma | October 14 |
Oregon | October 18* |
Pennsylvania | October 11* |
Puerto Rico | September 19 |
Rhode Island | October 9 |
South Carolina | October 8* |
South Dakota | October 24 |
Tennessee | October 11 |
Texas | October 11 |
Utah | October 11* |
Vermont | November 2 |
Virgin Islands | October 9 |
Virginia | October 17* |
Washington | October 31*# |
West Virginia | October 18* |
Wisconsin | October 19# |
Wyoming | October 24# |