State |
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| Alabama | Voter registration is closed during the 10 days preceding an election. Applications must be postmarked or delivered by the eleventh day prior to election |
| Alaska | 30 days before the election |
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| Arizona | 29 days before the election |
| California | 15 days before the election |
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| Colorado | 29 days before the election. If the application is received in the mail without a postmark, it must be received within 5 days of the close of registration |
| Connecticut | 14 days before the election |
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| Delaware | 20 days prior to the general election and 20 days prior to any primary election |
| District of columbia | 30 days before the election |
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| Florida | 29 days before the election |
| Georgia | The 5th Monday before any general primary, general election, or presidential preference primary, or regularly scheduled special election pursuant to the Georgia Election Code. In the event that a special election is scheduled on a date other than those dates prescribed by the Georgia Election Code, registration would close on the 5th day after the call. |
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| Hawaii | 30 days before the election |
| Idaho | 25 days before the election |
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| Illinois | 28 days prior to each election |
| Indiana | 29 days before the election |
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| Iowa | Must be delivered by 5:00 pm 10 days before the election, if it is a state primary or general election; 11 days before all others. Registration forms which are postmarked 15 or mroe days before an election are considered on time even if recieved after the deadline |
| Kansas | Delivered 15 days before the election |
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| Kentucky | 29 days before the election |
| Louisiana | 30 days before the election |
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| Maine | Delivered 10 business days before the election (or a voter may register in-person up to and including election day) |
| Maryland | 9:00 pm 21 days before the election |
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| Massachusetts | 20 days before the election |
| Michigan | 30 days before the election |
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| Minnesota | Delivered by 5:00 pm 21 days before the election (there is also election day registration at polling locations) |
| Mississippi | 30 days before the election |
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| Missouri | 28 days before the election |
| Montana | 30 days before the election |
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| Nebraska | The third Friday before the election (or delivered by 6:00 pm on the second Friday before the election) |
| Nevada | 9:00 pm on the 5th Saturday before any primary or general election. 9:00 pm on the 3rd Saturday before any recall or special election. However, if a recall or special election is held on the same day as a primary or general election, the registration closes at 9:00 pm on the 5th Saturday before the day for the elections |
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| New Hampshire | New Hampshire town and city clerks will accept this application only as a request for their own absentee voter mail-in registration form, which must be received by your city or town clerk 10 days before the election |
| New Jersey | 29 days before the election |
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| New Mexico | 28 days before the election |
| New York | 25 days before the election |
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| North Carolina | Postmarked 25 days before the election or recieved in the elections office or designated voter registration agency site by 5:00 pm 25 days before the election |
| North Dakota | North Dakota does not have voter registration |
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| Ohio | 30 days before the election |
| Okalahoma | 25 days before the election |
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| Oregon | 21 days before the election |
| Pennsylvania | 30 days before the election |
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| Rhode Island | 30 days before the election |
| South Carolina | 30 days before the election |
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| South Dakota | Received 15 days before the election |
| Tennessee | 30 days before the election |
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| Texas | 30 days before the election |
| Utah | 20 days before the election |
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| Vermont | Delivered to the town clerk before 12:00 pm on the second Saturday before the election |
| Virginia | Delivered 29 days before the election |
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| Washington | 30 days before the election (or delivered in-person to the local voter registration office 15 days before the election) |
| West Virginia | 20 days before the election |
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| Wisconsin | For muncipalities where voter registration is required, 13 days before the election (or completed in the local voter registration office up to 5:00 pm. 1 day before the election, or completed at the polling place on election day) |
| Wyoming | Wyoming by law, cannot accept this form unless State law is changed |
