STATE REGISTRATION DEADLINES ACTUAL REGISTRATION DEADLINE VOTER REGISTRATION FORM USED WHERE TO MAIL VOTER REGISTRATION FORM FOR MORE INFORMATION ALABAMA Voter registration is closed during the ten days preceding an election. Applications must be postmarked or delivered by the eleventh day prior to the election. Mail-in: October 24, 2008 ALASKA 30 days before the election. Mail-in: October 5, 2008 ARIZONA 29 days before the election. ARKANSAS 30 days before the election. CALIFORNIA 15 days before the election. Mail-in: October 20, 2008 COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE 29 days before the election. If the application is received in the mails without a postmark, it must be received within 5 days of the close of registration. 14 days before the election for mailin applications. 7 days before the election for walk-in registrations. The 4th Saturday before a primary or general election, and 10 days before a special election. Mail-in: October 21, 2008; Walk-in: October 28, 2008 Mail-in: October 11, 2008 DISTRICT of COLUMBIA 30 days before the election. FLORIDA 29 days before the election. Office of the P.O. Box 5616 Montgomery, AL 36103-5616 Division of Elections State of Alaska PO Box 110017 Juneau, AK 99811-0017 /Elections 1700 W. Washington, 7th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85007-2888 Voter Services P.O. Box 8111 Little Rock, AR 72203-8111 1500 11th Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Colorado 1700 Broadway, Suite 270 Denver, Colorado 80290 30 Trinity Street Hartford, CT 06106 Commissioner of Elections 111 S. West St., Suite 10 Dover, DE 19904 District of Columbia Board of Elections & Ethics 441 4th Street, NW, Suite 250 Washington, DC 20001-2745 State of Florida Department of State Division of Elections The R.A. Gray Building 500 South Bronough St, Rm 316 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250 http://www.sos.state.al.us/elections/default.aspx http://www.elections.alaska.gov/ http://www.azsos.gov/election/ http://www.sosweb.state.ar.us/elections.html http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ http://www.elections.colorado.gov/ddefault.aspx?/main.htm http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=4158 10 http://elections.delaware.gov/ http://www.dcboee.org/ http://election.dos.state.fl.us/
GEORGIA The fifth 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 that those dates prescribed by the Georgia Election Code, registration would close on the 5th day after the call. HAWAII 30 days before the election. IDAHO* 25 days before the election. Have Mail-in: October 10, 2008; If ILLINOIS 28 days prior to each election. Mail-in: October 7, 2008 INDIANA 29 days before the election. Voluntarily accepts Office of the 1104 West Tower 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. SE Atlanta, GA 30334-1505 Office of Elections State of Hawaii 802 Lehua Avenue Pearl City, HI 96782 P.O. Box 83720 State Capitol Bldg. Boise, ID 83720-0080 1020 S. Spring Street Springfield, IL 62704 Election Division Office of the 302 West Washington Street, Room E-204 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2743 http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/default.htm http://hawaii.gov/elections http://www.idsos.state.id.us/elect/eleindex.htm http://www.elections.il.gov http://www.state.in.us/sos/elections/ IOWA Must be delivered by 5 p.m. 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 more days before an election are considered on time even if received after the deadline. Have election day registration. Mail-in: October 25, 2008; If Office of the Lucas Building-1st Floor 321 E. 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319 http://www.sos.state.ia.us/elections/index.html KANSAS Postmarked or delivered 15 days before the election. Mail-in: October 20, 2008 KENTUCKY 29 days before the election. LOUISIANA 30 days before the election. 1st Floor, Memorial Hall 120 SW 10th Ave. Topeka, KS 66612-1594 140 Walnut Street Frankfort, KY 40601-3240 Attention: Voter Registration P.O. Box 94125 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125 http://www.kssos.org/elections/elections.html http://sos.ky.gov/elections/ http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/68/default.aspx
MAINE MARYLAND Delivered 10 business days before the election (or a voter may register in-person up to and including election day). Have election day registration. 9:00 p.m. 21 days before the election. Mail-in: October 21, 2008; If Mail-in: October 14, 2008 MASSACHUSETTS 20 days before the election. Mail-in: October 15, 2008 MICHIGAN 30 days before the election. MINNESOTA* Delivered by 5:00 p.m. 21 days before the election (there is also election day registration at polling places). Have election day registration. Mail-in: October 14, 2008; Walk-in: November 3, 2008; If MISSISSIPPI 30 days before the election. MISSOURI 28 days before the election. Mail-in: October 8, 2008 MONTANA NEBRASKA NEVADA 30 days before the election. Have ; If The third Friday before the election Mail-in: October 17, 2008 (or delivered by 6 p.m. on the second (October 24, 2008) Friday before the election). 9:00 p.m. on the third Tuesday before any primary or general election. 9:00 p.m. on the third 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 p.m. on the third Tuesday before the day for the elections. Mail-in: October 4, 2008 Voluntarily accepts Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions 101 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0101 P.O. Box 6486 Annapolis, MD 21401-0486 Secretary of the Commonwealth, Room 1705 One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 Michigan Department of State Bureau of Elections P.O. Box 20126 Lansing, MI 48901-0726 60 Empire Drive, Suite 100 St. Paul, MN 55103-1855 P.O. Box 136 Jackson, MS 39205-0136 P.O. Box 1767 Jefferson City, MO 65102-1767 s Office P.O. Box 202801 State Capitol Helena, MT 59620-2801 Nebraska Suite 2300, State Capitol Bldg. Lincoln, NE 68509-4608 s 101 North Carson Street Suite 3, Capitol Complex Carson City, NV 89701-4786 http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/ http://www.elections.state.md.us/ http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleidx.htm http://michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1633---,00.html http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=4 http://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/elections.asp http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/ http://sos.mt.gov/elb/index.asp http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/ http://www.secretaryofstate.biz/elections/
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 by 10 days before the election. Have Mail-in: October 25, 2008; If State form used, Federal Form only accepted as an application for state form The application should be mailed to your town or city clerk at your zip code. These addresses are listed on the web site at http://www.state.nh.us/sos/clerks. htm http://www.sos.nh.gov/electionsnew.html NEW JERSEY 21 days before the election. Mail-in: October 14, 2008 NEW MEXICO 28 days before the election. Mail-in: October 7, 2008 NEW YORK 25 days before the election. Mail-in: October 10, 2008 NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA* Postmarked 25 days before the election or received in the elections office or designated voter registration agency site by 5:00 p.m. 25 days before the election. North Dakota does not have voter registration. Mail-in: October 10, 2008 None Required New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety Division of Elections PO BOX 304 Trenton, NJ 08625-0304 Bureau of Elections 325 Don Gaspar, Suite 300 Santa Fe, NM 87503 NYS Board of Elections 40 Steuben Street Albany, NY 12207-2108 P.O. Box 27255 Raleigh, NC 27611-7255 http://www.njelections.org/ http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-elections.html http://www.elections.state.ny.us/ http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/ http://www.nd.gov/sos/electvote/ OHIO 30 days before the election. of Ohio 180 E. Broad Street 15th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/(x(1)a(wzrxcuszyqek AAAAZTRiYWQwZmItNzkwNi00Y2EyLTliYmUtMTU4 MDM5OWI3YTZjVJn6mMhwfP1-vplgjcSk4M6Nh- Q1)S(vtkzqkihxlm55pm5hhw2p245))/Default.aspx?Asp xautodetectcookiesupport=1 OKLAHOMA 25 days before the election. Mail-in: October 10, 2008 OREGON 21 days before the election Mail-in: October 14, 2008 PENNSYLVANIA 30 days before an election or primary. RHODE ISLAND 30 days before the election. Mail-in: October 4, 2008 SOUTH CAROLINA 30 days before the election. Mail-in: October 4, 2008 Oklahoma State Election Board Box 528800 Oklahoma City, OK 73152-8800 141 State Capitol Salem, OR 97310-0722 Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth 210 North Office Bldg. Harrisburg, PA 17120-0029 Rhode Island State Board of Elections 50 Branch Ave. Providence, RI 02904-2790 State Election Commission P.O. Box 5987 Columbia, SC 29250-5987 http://www.oklaosf.state.ok.us/~elections/ http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/ http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bcel/site/default.asp http://www.sec.state.ri.us/elections http://www.scvotes.org/
SOUTH DAKOTA Received 15 days before the election. Mail-in: October 20, 2008 TENNESSEE 30 days before the election. TEXAS 30 days before the election. Elections, 500 E. Capitol Pierre, SD 57501-5070 Coordinator of Elections Tennessee Tower, Ninth Floor 312 Eighth Avenue, North Nashville, TN 37243 Office of the P.O. Box 12060 Austin, TX 78711-2060 http://www.sdsos.gov/electionsvoteregistration/election svoteregistration_overview.shtm http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/index.htm http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/index.shtml UTAH 30 days before the election for mailin applications; 15 days before the election for walk-in registrations at the county clerk s office. Walk-in: October 20, 2008 Office of the Lieutenant Governor P.O. Box 142325 Salt Lake City, UT 84114 http://elections.utah.gov/ VERMONT VIRGINIA WASHINGTON Delivered to the town clerk before 5:00 PM on the Wednesday before the election Delivered 29 days before the election. 30 days before the election (or delivered in person to the local voter registration office 15 days before the election). Mail-in: October 29, 2008 Mail-in:October 4, 2008 (Walk-in: October 20, 2008) WEST VIRGINIA 21 days before the election. Mail-in: October 14, 2008 Office of the Director of Elections 26 Terrace Street Montpelier, VT 05609-1101 200 N. 9th Street, Suite 101 Richmond, VA 23219 Voter Registration by Mail P.O. Box 40230 Olympia, WA 98504-0230 Building 1, Suite 157-K 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East Charleston, WV 25305-0770 http://vermont-elections.org/soshome.htm http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/ http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/ http://www.wvsos.org/elections/main.htm WISCONSIN* Twenty (20) 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). Have Mail-in: October 15, 2008; If Voluntarily accepts Government Accountability Board 17 West Main Street, Suite 310 P.O. Box 2973 Madison, WI 53701-2973 http://elections.state.wi.us/ WYOMING* 30 days before the election. Have ; If Uses state form only, will not accept Federal Form. http://soswy.state.wy.us/elections/elections.aspx
AMERICAN SAMOA At 4:30 p.m. on the 30th day prior to each election (but if that day is a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, then at 4:30 p.m. on the first working day immediately following), the general register shall be closed to registration until after the election. State Form AMERICAN SAMOA ELECTION OFFICE American Samoa Government P.O. Box 3970 Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 http://205.161.14.36/ GUAM PUERTO RICO VIRGIN ISLANDS You may register anytime during the year but not later than ten (10) days prior to an election. You must be registered no later than fifty (50) days prior to an election in which you wish to vote. You must be registered no later than thirty (30) days prior to an election in which you wish to vote. Mail-in: October 24, 2008 Mail-in: September 15, 2008 Mail-in: October 4, 2008 You may register to vote by completing an Affidavit of Registration at any of the following: Guam Election Commission 1) The Election Suite 200, GCIC Bldg. Commission's office; 2) 414 West Soledad Avenue With a Deputized Hagatna, Guam 96910 Volunteer Registrar; or 3) At your Village Mayor s Office ( 21 days prior to an election) You must register in person at an office of the State Election Commission You must register in person at an office of the Election System of the U.S. Virgin Islands Comisión Estatal de Elecciones P.O. Box 195552 San Juan, PR 00919-5552 #4 Sunny Isle Shopping Center (Annex), Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I. P.O. Box 1499* Kingshill * St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 00851-1499 (340) 773-1021 * Fax (340) 773-4523 http://www.guamelection.org/ http://www.ceepur.org/ http://www.vivote.gov/ UNIFORMED SERVICE MEMBERS OR U.S. CITIZENS LIVING OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES Check your State's Deadline May register to vote in any State or territory using the Federal Post Card Application http://www.fvap.gov * State is exempt from the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.