2020 Voter Registration Deadlines/Register to Vote

2020 State and Presidential Election Voter Registration Deadlines, by State**

StateRegistration DeadlineElection Day Registration?Online Voter RegistrationDescription
AlabamaOctober 21 Yes, Click HereHand-delivered by May 24, Postmarked by May 25.
AlaskaOctober 5 Yes, Click HereHand-delivered, Online, Email or Fax
ArizonaOctober 6 Yes, Click HereReceived 29 days before Election Day.
ArkansasOctober 6Postmarked or submitted 30 days before Election Day.  If it falls on a Sunday, 29 days before Election Day.
CaliforniaMay 20 — (June 4 Senate Special Election) October 21 — (San Francisco General Election) In-person through Election Day Yes, Click HereIf the voter registration deadline has passed, you can still conditionally register to vote and cast a provisional ballot in person at your County Elections Office through Election Day.
ColoradoOctober 28 for mail and online In-person through Election Day Yes, Click HereYou can register and cast a ballot up through Election Day by appearing in-person at a Voter Service and Polling Center.
ConnecticutApril 30 (May 7 Special Election) October 29 (November 5 Municipal General)Or in-person on Election DayYes, Click HerePostmarked or submitted 7 days before the election online, mail or in person. On Election Day at designated locations in each city or town.
DelawareNone Yes, Click HerePostmarked or submitted by the fourth Saturday before a general or primary election.
District of ColumbiaNone In-person through Election DayYes, Click HereReceived 21 days before the election.
FloridaOctober 7 (November 5 General Election) October 21 (November 19 General Election)Yes, Click Here Postmarked or submitted 29 days before Election Day.  If you have returned from a deployment outside the US after the deadline you can register until 5 pm, Nov. 2.
GeorgiaOctober 14 Yes, Click HerePostmarked or submitted 29 days before Election Day.
HawaiiNone Or in-person on Election Day Yes, Click HereReceived 29 days before Election Day.
IdahoOctober 11 In-person through Election DayYes, Click Here Postmarked or submitted 25 days before Election Day. On Election Day with proof of residence at your polling place.
IllinoisNone In-person through Election Day Yes, Click HerePostmarked or submitted 28 days before the election. In person anytime after mail deadline and on Election Day at sites designated by your county election office.
IndianaApril 8 (May 7 Municipal Primary)
October 7 (November 5 Municipal General)		 Yes, Click HerePostmarked or submitted 29 days before the election.
IowaOctober 26 for online, October 21 for online Or in-person on Election Day Yes, Click HereReceived 10 days before election. On Election Day at your polling place.
KansasOctober 15 Yes, Click HerePostmarked or submitted online or in person 21 days before the election if mailed.
KentuckyOctober 8Yes, Click Here Postmarked or submitted 29 days before the election.
LouisianaSeptember 12 In-Person Request: September 11 By Mail: September 12 Online: September 21 Yes, Click HereReceived 30 days before Election Day unless that falls on a Sunday, in which case it is 29 days before Election Day.
MaineOctober 15 for mailIn-person on Election DayIf mailed or from a registration drive, received by the 21st day before the election. Anytime in-person at your election office and on Election Day at your polling place.
MarylandNoneOr in-person during early voting Yes, Click HerePostmarked or submitted 21 days before the election.
MassachusettsOctober 16 Yes, Click HerePostmarked or submitted 20 days before the election.
MichiganIn-person: October 13
Mail: October 13		Postmarked or submitted 30 days before the election.
MinnesotaOctober 15 (Municipal General) In-person through Election Day Yes, Click HereReceived 21 days before the election. On Election Day at your polling place.
MississippiOctober 6Postmarked or submitted by the 5th Saturday before Election Day.
MissouriOctober 9 Yes, Click HerePostmarked or submitted by the 4th Wednesday before Election Day.
MontanaNone In-person through Election DayPostmarked 30 days before the election unless it’s a Sunday in which case it’s 29 days. In person anytime after the advance deadline at your county election office including on Election Day.
NebraskaApril 26 By Mail: April 19 Online: April 19
DMV: April 26		 Yes, Click HerePostmarked the third Friday before the election by mail. Received in person from voter at local election office the second Friday before the election.
NevadaNoneYes, Click Here31 days before Election Day by mail. 21 days if online or in-person.
New HampshireNone In-person through Election DayReceived 10 days before the election by mail. On Election Day at your polling place.
New JerseyOctober 15Received 21 days before the election. On Election Day at your polling place.
New MexicoOctober 8 Yes, Click HerePostmarked or submitted 28 days before the election. In person anytime after mail deadline and on Election Day at sites designated by your county election office.
New YorkOctober 11 Yes, Click HerePostmarked 25 days and received 20 days before the election. Submitted in-person 25 days before the election.
North CarolinaOctober 11Postmarked or submitted 25 days before the election.
North DakotaNoneNorth Dakota does not have voter registration.
OhioOctober 6Yes, Click Here Received 30 days before election.
OklahomaNone Yes, Click HerePostmarked or submitted 25 days before the election.
OregonNone Yes, Click HereReceived 21 days before the election
PennsylvaniaOctober 6 Yes, Click HereReceived 30 days before the election. On Election Day at city or town hall in presidential year for office of president only.
Rhode IslandNoneYes, Click Here Received 30 days before the election. On Election Day at city or town hall in presidential year for office of president only.
South CarolinaOctober 6Yes, Click HerePostmarked or submitted 30 days before the election.
South DakotaNoneReceived 15 days before the election.
TennesseeOctober 6Yes, Click Here Postmarked or submitted 30 days before the election.
TexasOctober 8 (November 5 General Election)
October 9 (November 6 General Election) October 10 (November 7 General Election)		Postmarked or submitted 30 days before the election.
UtahOctober 29 for in person and online. October 7 for mail. Yes, Click HerePostmarked 30 days before the election by mail. Submitted 7 days before election online or in person at county election office.
VermontNone In-person through Election Day Yes, Click Here
VirginiaOctober 14 Yes, Click HerePostmarked or submitted 22 days before the election.
WashingtonOctober 28 for online and in mail ballot (November 5 General Election) In-person through Election Day Yes, Click HerePostmarked or submitted the Monday four weeks before the election by mail or online. Submitted in person on the Monday one week before the election in person.
West VirginiaNoneYes, Click HerePostmarked or submitted 21 days before the election.
WisconsinNoneIn-person through Election DayYes, Click Here Postmarked 20 days before the election. In-person by the voter the Friday before the election. On Election Day at your polling place.
WyomingNoneIn-person through Election DayYou may register and vote at the same time — during the absentee voting period or on Election Day.

**Dates from official state websites, websites of Secretaries of State, and/or the Federal Voting Assistance Program website (www.fvap.gov).