AFSA Voter Registration Guide

AFSA Voter Registration Guide

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 is the next federal Election Day. Here is a guide to make it easier for you and your family to register to vote, including voter registration deadlines for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. The information below is correct as of December 2, 2022.

To make sure your vote counts, please take the time to review the following information and links:

*Click on each state/territory name for official election information webpage.

Voter Registration Deadlines (listed by State/Territory)

State/Territory Registration Deadline Election Day Registration at Polls?
Alabama Postmarked by October 21, 2024 No
Alaska Postmarked by October 6, 2024 No
Arizona Postmarked by October 7, 2024, and received by 7 PM, November 5, 2024 No
Arkansas Postmarked by October 6, 2024 No
California Postmarked by October 21, 2024 Yes
Colorado Postmarked by October 28, 2024 Yes
Connecticut Received by October 29, 2024 Yes
Delaware Postmarked by October 12, 2024 No
D.C. Received by October 15, 2024 Yes
Florida Postmarked by October 7, 2024 No
Georgia Received by October 7, 2024 No
Hawaii Postmarked by October 7, 2024, in-person registration deadline is October 28, 2024 Yes
Idaho Received by October 11, 2024 Yes
Illinois Postmarked by October 8, 2024, online system has until October 20, 2024 Yes
Indiana Received by October 7, 2024 No
Iowa Postmarked by October 21, 2024 Yes
Kansas Postmarked by October 15, 2024 No
Kentucky Postmarked by October 7, 2024 No
Louisiana Postmarked by October 6, 2024, online system has until October 16, 2024 No
Maine Postmarked by October 15, 2024 Yes
Maryland Postmarked by October 15, 2024 Yes
Massachusetts Postmarked by October 26, 2024 No
Michigan Postmarked by October 21, 2024 Yes
Minnesota Received by October 15, 2024 Yes
Mississippi Postmarked by October 6, 2024 No
Missouri Postmarked by October 9, 2024 No
Montana Postmarked by October 6, 2024 and received by October 9, 2024. In-person registration deadline is noon November 4, 2024 Yes
Nebraska Postmarked by October 18, 2024, in-person registration deadline is October 25, 2024 No
Nevada Postmarked by October 8, 2024, online system has until October 31, 2024 Yes
New Hampshire Postmarked between October 23 and October 30, 2024, depending on the town you live in Yes
New Jersey Postmarked by October 15, 2024 No
New Mexico Postmarked by October 8, 2024 Yes
New York Postmarked by October 11, 2024 No
North Carolina Postmarked by October 11, 2024. In-person registration deadline is November 2, 2024 if voting early in person No
North Dakota Not Required N/A
Ohio Postmarked by October 6, 2024 No
Oklahoma Postmarked by October 11, 2024 No
Oregon Postmarked by October 15, 2024 No
Pennsylvania Received by October 21, 2024 No
Rhode Island 6-Oct-24 Yes
South Carolina Postmarked by October 6, 2024 No
South Dakota Postmarked by October 21, 2024 No
Tennessee Postmarked by October 6, 2024 No
Texas Postmarked by October 6, 2024 No
Utah Received by October 25, 2024 Yes
Vermont Received by November 5, 2024 Yes
Virginia Postmarked by October 14, 2024 Yes
Washington Received by October 28, 2024 Yes
West Virginia Postmarked by October 15, 2024 No
Wisconsin Postmarked by October 16, 2024. In-person registration deadline is November 1, 2024 Yes
Wyoming Received by October 22, 2024 Yes
American Samoa Received by October 7, 2024 Yes
Guam Received by October 21, 2024 Yes
Northern Mariana Islands Received 60 days before election (September 7, 2024) Yes
Puerto Rico Received 50 days before election (September 17, 2024) Yes
U.S. Virgin Islands Received by October 6, 2024 No

For those who want to verify their registration status, please visit www.vote411.org or www.nationalvoterregistrationday.org.

Absentee Voting:

U.S. citizens abroad or out of state may request ballots electronically by email, fax or internet download, but recent legislation (MOVE Act) requires overseas voters to file a new ballot request each year. Please visit any of the following websites for help with absentee ballots:

Voting absentee is easy using FVAP's online assistants. Be absent but accounted for.

Nonpartisan voter services for U.S. citizens overseas and uniformed service members.

Absentee ballots for Americans.

General Information:

You can also pick up a new Federal Post Card Application from any U.S. embassy or consulate. Depending on the state, you can return your completed ballots by local mail, U.S. Embassy pouch/DPO/APO/FPO, fax, email, via internet or by courier service.

Contact:

For any questions or comments please email us at policy@afsa.org.