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Forty-nine states and the District of Columbia require prospective voters to register to vote before casting a ballot. North Dakota, which abolished voter registration in 1951, is the only state that does not require voter registration. While 42 states and the District of Columbia have online voter registration systems, all states (except North Dakota) have voter registration forms that applicants may use to register in person or by mail.

Aside from certain federal requirements, voter registration forms vary from state to state.

As of August 2025, 28 states asked applicants to provide their gender or sex when registering to vote. Nine states asked applicants to provide their race or ethnicity. Forms in 32 states and the District of Columbia included political party identification questions. Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia asked voters if they would like to serve as a poll worker or would be interested in more information about volunteering.

Thirty-two states provided access to voter registration forms in at least one non-English language on their websites.

This article includes the following information:

• Background on federal requirements for state voter registration forms.
• Copies of each state's voter registration form.
• Information about demographic information collected on state voter registration forms.
• Which states ask applicants if they want to affiliate with a political party.
• Whether states ask applicants if they want to serve as poll workers.
• A list of the languages in which voter registration forms are provided.

Federal requirements for state forms

Under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), states can develop their own voter registration forms if they comply with the NVRA's requirements for the national mail voter registration form, which is maintained by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and accepted in 46 states. Under Section 9 of the NVRA, states can only require voters provide information that allows them to assess a person's eligibility to vote and administer the voter registration process.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the 44 states covered under the NVRA "must include a statement that specifies each eligibility requirement (including citizenship), contain an attestation that the applicant meets each such requirement and require the signature of the applicant under penalty of perjury. The mail application must also include a statement of the penalties provided by law for submission of a false voter registration application."

Additionally, the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 required the national voter registration form to ask applicants if they are a U.S. citizen and if they are at least 18 years of age and to instruct the voter not to register if they do not meet those criteria. The form also must inform voters that they must provide certain information or documentation if they are registering to vote via mail for the first time in a state. While the requirements in HAVA applied to the national voter registration form, as of August 2025, all states with voter registration have forms that include those two questions and instruct voters not to register if they are not a citizen or are too young to vote.

Voter registration forms by state

As of August 2025, these were the voter registration forms for each state and the District of Columbia. Click a state to see its form. The forms on this page are for informational purposes and should not be used to register to vote.

Alabama Voter Registration Form

Alaska Voter Registration Form

Arizona Voter Registration Form

Arkansas Voter Registration Form

California Voter Registration Form

Colorado Voter Registration Form

Connecticut Voter Registration Form

Delaware Voter Registration Form

District of Columbia Voter Registration Form

Florida Voter Registration Form

Georgia Voter Registration Form

Hawaii Voter Registration Form

Idaho Voter Registration Form

Illinois Voter Registration Form

Indiana Voter Registration Form

Iowa Voter Registration Form

Kansas Voter Registration Form

Kentucky Voter Registration Form

Louisiana Voter Registration Form

Maine Voter Registration Form

Maryland Voter Registration Form

Massachusetts Voter Registration Form

Michigan Voter Registration Form

Minnesota Voter Registration Form

Mississippi Voter Registration Form

Missouri Voter Registration Form

Montana Voter Registration Form

Nebraska Voter Registration Form

Nevada Voter Registration Form

New Hampshire Voter Registration Form

New Jersey Voter Registration Form

New Mexico Voter Registration Form

New York Voter Registration Form

North Carolina Voter Registration Form

Ohio Voter Registration Form

Oklahoma Voter Registration Form

Oregon Voter Registration Form

Pennsylvania Voter Registration Form

Rhode Island Voter Registration Form

South Carolina Voter Registration Form

South Dakota Voter Registration Form

Tennessee Voter Registration Form

Texas Voter Registration Form

Utah Voter Registration Form

Vermont Voter Registration Form

Virginia Voter Registration Form

Washington Voter Registration Form

West Virginia Voter Registration Form

Wisconsin Voter Registration Form

Wyoming Voter Registration Form

Demographic questions

State voter registration forms vary in the demographic questions they ask prospective voters. As of August 2025:

• Twenty-eight states asked applicants to provide their gender or sex when registering to vote.
• Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia did not collect gender or sex information.
• Five states — Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, and Pennsylvania — included a third gender option. Twenty-four states either did not provide a third option or allowed applicants to write in their gender.
• Nine states asked applicants to provide their racial and ethnic identity when registering to vote.
• Forty states and the District of Columbia did not collect racial and ethnic information on voter registration forms.

According to researchers from the University at Albany, states have a variety of reasons for gathering racial and ethnic data from individuals registering to vote. Election officials in Alabama said they have gathered the information to comply with requirements in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, while California has used the information to target its voter outreach efforts.

Partisan affiliation questions

As of August 2025, 32 states and the District of Columbia asked if applicants would like to affiliate with a particular political party when registering to vote. Seventeen states did not ask if voters wanted to register with a particular political party.

Depending on the state, choosing not to register with a political party may mean not being able to vote in the state's primary elections. For more on where voters must register with a party to vote in primaries, click here.

Poll worker questions

See also: Poll worker requirements

Some states' voter registration forms ask prospective voters if they would like to serve as a poll worker. In 37 states and the District of Columbia, poll workers must be registered voters, unless they are participating in a program specifically for youth poll workers. As of August 2025, 25 states and the District of Columbia asked voters if they would like to serve as their state's equivalent of a poll worker or receive more information in order to volunteer. Twenty-four states did not ask this question.

Languages offered

As of August 2025, 32 states and the District of Columbia provided voter registration materials in at least one language other than English on their website. Seventeen states did not provide voter registration materials in a non-English language on their website.

All 32 states with non-English language materials offered them in Spanish. In 18 states, that was the only non-English language offered. Fourteen other states and the District of Columbia offered voter registration materials in at least one additional language. Washington was the state that provided voter registration forms in the most languages, offering voter registration materials in 22 languages. Collectively, states offered voter registration forms in 41 different languages.

In addition to materials offered statewide, counties in some states may make voter registration materials available in other languages. Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act, added in 1975, requires that localities with a single-language minority group provide election materials in that language if that group exceeds 10,000 people or 5% of the voting-age citizenry and the illiteracy rate of the group is higher than the national average. The United States Election Assistance Commission also makes the national mail voter registration form available in Spanish.

Non-English language voter registration materials offered by state
State	Number of non-English languages offered	Languages offered
Alabama	None	N/A
Alaska	10	Bristol Bay Yup'ik, Chevak Cup'ik, General Central Yup'ik, Hoover Bay Yup'ik, Northern Inupiaq, Norton Sound Kotlik Yup'ik, Nunivak Cup'ig, Spanish, Tagalog, Yukon Yup'ik
Arizona	One	Spanish
Arkansas	One	Spanish
California	Nine	Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Vietnamese
Colorado	One	Spanish
Connecticut	One	Spanish
Delaware	None	N/A
District of Columbia	Six	Chinese, Ethiopian, French, Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese
Florida	One	Spanish
Georgia	None	N/A
Hawaii	Four	Chinese, Ilocano, Tagalog, Olelo Hawaii
Idaho	One	Spanish
Illinois	Three	Chinese, Hindi, Spanish
Indiana	One	Spanish
Iowa	None	N/A
Kansas	One	Spanish
Kentucky	None	N/A
Louisiana	None	N/A
Maine	None	N/A
Maryland	Five	French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
Massachusetts	Nine	Cape Verdean, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Khmer, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese
Michigan	Six	Arabic, Bengali, Dari Farsi, Haitian Creole, Korean, Spanish
Minnesota	10	Amharic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer, Lao, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese
Mississippi	None	N/A
Missouri	None	N/A
Montana	None	N/A
Nebraska	One	Spanish
Nevada	One	Spanish
New Hampshire	None	N/A
New Jersey	11	Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Korean, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
New Mexico	One	Spanish
New York	Four	Bengali, Chinese, Korean, Spanish
North Carolina	One	Spanish
North Dakota	No voter registration	N/A
Ohio	One	Spanish
Oklahoma	None	N/A
Oregon	Five	Chinese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese
Pennsylvania	Two	Chinese, Spanish
Rhode Island	One	Spanish
South Carolina	One	Spanish
South Dakota	None	N/A
Tennessee	None	N/A
Texas	One	Spanish
Utah	One	Spanish
Vermont	None	N/A
Virginia	Three	Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese
Washington	22	Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Farsi, French, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tigrinya, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
West Virginia	None	N/A
Wisconsin	One	Spanish
Wyoming	None	N/A

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See also

• Voter registration
• Online voter registration
• Same-day voter registration
• Automatic voter registration
• National Voter Registration Act
• Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002
• Election Assistance Commission