Voter Registration and Absentee Ballot Deadlines by State 2018 General Election: All dates in 2018 unless otherwise noted STATE REG DEADLINE ABSENTEE BALLOT REQUEST DEADLINE Alabama November 1 ABSENTEE BALLOT RETURN DEADLINE Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado (postmarked by Oct or email/online/fax by Oct. ) by 4:30 pm (postmarked and in-person) October Request for postal ballot by October 2 Oct 27 (postal ballot) (online or fax ballot) Fax by by 4:30 pm by 1:30 pm 26 Tuesday October 30 (post and email) request by October 30 received by Thursday, Friday, November Automatic @ 7:00 pm MST Connecticut, Received by 30 revived by
Delaware District of Columbia, October 13 received by by :00 pm EST Received by by 8:00 pm EST @ 8:00 pm EST Florida Georgia Guam, 26 October 31 received by Receicved by Friday, Received by Early Saturday October 27 Saturday Early October 15 Hawaii Same Day from 23 30 by 4:30 pm HST from October 8 Early October 23
Idaho Illinois, Voter registration grace period, October 10 thru 26 by 5:00 pm Thursday, November 1 request by @ 8:00 pm 0 Early but dates vary by locality Early Thursday 27 21 Indiana Iowa Kansas, (confirm with local election offices) @ 11:5 pm October 27 (post and in-person), Request for postal ballot by October 2 @11:5 pm request by Received by October 27 In the Election Office by November 6 October 10 Monday October 8 November Friday, Early October
Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland, by :00 pm EDT 30 but varies by locality Friday, by Early 4:30 pm CST @ 4:30 pm CST October 23 October 30 Thursday, November 1 Request for postal ballot by 30 by 8:00 pm EDT Request for online ballot by Friday, @ 5:00 pm, EDT @ 8:00 pm EST Received by Friday, November @ 10:00 am EST October 8 @ 8:00 pm EST Early Thursday, October 25 Thursday, November 1 Massachusetts Michigan October 17 request by @ 8:00 pm EDT Received by Received by @ 2:00 pm @ 8:00 pm Early Monday October Friday,
Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska @ 11:5 pm @ 5:00 pm, received by October 8 October 10 request by Friday, October 1 @ 5:00 pm CDT 1 received by Recommended (not required) by No deadline received by Friday, 21 October 31 in the Election Office by Received by Received by Friday, October 26 October Early October 8 May 14
Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey 26 by 6:00 pm CDT 7, October 30 @ 5:00 pm @ 5:00 pm EST 30 by 7: pm received by, @ 5:00 pm EST @ 5:00 pm, EST Early October 20 Friday, New Mexico New York Postmarked request by requested by @ 3:00 pm EST Friday, @ 5:00 pm MDT October 30 request by by 7:00 pm MST Monday received by November 13 Early October October
North Carolina October 17 30 Early Thursday, October 18 North Dakota Not required Ohio Oklahoma Received by Received by @ :00 pm EST October 31 @ 5:00 pm CST November 13 received by by 7:30 pm EST Friday, November @ 7:00 pm CST October 10 Early Thursday November 1 Friday Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island October 6 No deadline October 30 @ 5:00 pm EDT October @ 4:00 pm EDT @ 8:00 pm PST Received by Friday, @ 5:00 pm EDT @ 8:00 pm EST Thursday, November 1 Saturday
South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas 7 Received by October Friday, @ 5:00 pm EDT Received by @ 5:00 pm @ 7:00 pm EST @ 5:00 pm 30 @ 8:00 pm EST 26 @ 7:00 pm CST @ 7:00 p, CST October 8 Friday, 21 Early October 17 Thursday, November 1 Early October Friday, Utah 30 November 7 @ 5:00 pm CST Thursday, November 1 7 request by 7 30
Vermont Thursday, November 1 received by October 15 @ 5:00 EDT October 8 @ 7:00 pm EST Request for postal ballot by 30 @ 5:00 pm EDT request by @ 5:00 pm EDT October 8 In the Election Office by November 5 Virgin Islands 5 Data un Data un Virginia October 15 @ 7:00 pm EST Washington West Virginia Wisconsin request by October 2 October 17 request by October 2 October 31 Received by Thursday, November 1 @ 5:00 pm CDT Hand delivered by November Received by November 6 @ 8:00 pm Early October 24 al request by Friday, registration and request by Friday, @ 5:00 pm CDT US-based Military by Friday, @ 5:00 pm CDT
Wyoming, October October, Indefinitely confined voters by Friday, @ 5:00 pm CDT received by Friday, 21