Voter registration requirements, 2020

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General information

• Voter ID requirements
• State election websites
• Early voting dates
• Voter registration requirements
• Voter registration deadlines
• Same-day registration
• States that require employers to grant employees time off to vote
• Election results certification dates
• Recount laws and procedures

Absentee/mail-in voting

• Absentee/mail-in voting overview
• Eligibility
• Request deadlines
• Request requirements
• Return deadlines
• Signature and witness requirements
• When can states begin processing and counting ballots

This article lists each state's voter registration requirements for the November 3, 2020, general election. For additional information about voter registration, see this article.

How to use this interactive table: The table comprises four columns:

• State
• Registration URL (a link to the state website where eligible voters can register, if applicable)
• Registration status URL (a link to the state website where voters can check their registration status, if applicable)
• Registration update URL (a link to the state website where voters can update their registrations, if applicable)

Each of the four columns can be sorted alphabetically or chronologically. To sort a column, click the column heading. To search for a state, enter the state name in the search bar above the upper right-hand corner of the table.

By default, the table displays 10 states at a time. To see additional states on subsequent pages, use the navigation prompts under the bottom right-hand corner of the table. To change the number of states displayed on a single page, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table.

State	Registration URL	Registration status URL	Registration update URL
Iowa	https://mymvd.iowadot.gov/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2fVoterRegistration	https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/voterreg/regtovote/search.aspx	https://mymvd.iowadot.gov/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2fVoterRegistration
New Hampshire		https://app.sos.nh.gov/Public/PartyInfo.aspx
Virginia	https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/thirdparty/Facebook	https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation/Lookup/status	https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation/Lookup/status
North Dakota		https://vip.sos.nd.gov/WhereToVoteID.aspx?tab=VoterLookup&ptlPKID=7&ptlhPKID=51
Puerto Rico
Tennessee	https://ovr.govote.tn.gov/	https://tnmap.tn.gov/voterlookup/	https://ovr.govote.tn.gov/
Hawaii	https://olvr.hawaii.gov/	https://olvr.hawaii.gov/	https://olvr.hawaii.gov/
Missouri	https://s1.sos.mo.gov/elections/voterregistration/	https://s1.sos.mo.gov/elections/voterlookup/	https://s1.sos.mo.gov/elections/voterregistration/
Northern Mariana Islands		https://www.votecnmi.gov.mp/voter/are-you-registered-to-vote
Utah	https://secure.utah.gov/voterreg/login.html?selection=REGISTER	https://votesearch.utah.gov/voter-search/search/search-by-voter/voter-info	https://secure.utah.gov/voterreg/login.html?selection=UPDATE
Georgia	https://registertovote.sos.ga.gov/GAOLVR/welcometoga.do#no-back-button	https://www.mvp.sos.ga.gov/MVP/mvp.do	https://registertovote.sos.ga.gov/GAOLVR/welcome.do#no-back-button
Illinois	https://ova.elections.il.gov/	https://ova.elections.il.gov/RegistrationLookup.aspx	https://ova.elections.il.gov/
Maryland	https://voterservices.elections.maryland.gov/OnlineVoterRegistration/InstructionsStep1	https://voterservices.elections.maryland.gov/VoterSearch	https://voterservices.elections.maryland.gov/OnlineVoterRegistration/InstructionsStep1
Massachusetts	https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/	https://www.sec.state.ma.us/voterregistrationsearch/myvoterregstatus.aspx	https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/
West Virginia		https://services.sos.wv.gov/Elections/Voter/AmIRegisteredToVote	https://ovr.sos.wv.gov/Register/Landing#Qualifications
North Carolina	https://payments.ncdot.gov/	https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/	https://payments.ncdot.gov/
Michigan	https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/RegisterVoter	https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Voter/Index	https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/RegisterVoter
District of Columbia		https://www.dcboe.org/Voters/Register-To-Vote/Check-Voter-Registration-Status	https://dcboe.org/Voters/Register-To-Vote/Check-Voter-Registration-Status
Alabama	https://www.alabamainteractive.org/sos/voter_registration/voterRegistrationWelcome.action	https://myinfo.alabamavotes.gov/VoterView/RegistrantSearch.do	https://www.alabamainteractive.org/sos/voter_registration/voterRegistrationWelcome.action
Arkansas	https://social20.turbovote.org/?r=fbvrd_327351178445471	https://www.voterview.ar-nova.org/voterview
Arizona	https://servicearizona.com/VoterRegistration/register?execution=e1s3	https://my.arizona.vote/WhereToVote.aspx?s=individual&Language=en	https://servicearizona.com/VoterRegistration/register?execution=e1s1
California	https://registertovote.ca.gov/	https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/	https://registertovote.ca.gov/
Delaware	https://ivote.de.gov/VoterView/?culture=en-US	https://ivote.de.gov/voterview?pk_campaign=fb&pk_kwd=ge2020	https://ivote.de.gov/VoterView/?culture=en-US
American Samoa
Guam	https://gec.guam.gov/register/	https://gec.guam.gov/validate/
New York	N/A	https://voterlookup.elections.ny.gov/	https://voterreg.dmv.ny.gov/MotorVoter/
Colorado		https://www.sos.state.co.us/voter/pages/pub/olvr/findVoterReg.xhtml	https://www.sos.state.co.us/voter/pages/pub/olvr/findVoterReg.xhtml
Florida	https://registertovoteflorida.gov/home	https://registration.elections.myflorida.com/CheckVoterStatus	https://registertovoteflorida.gov/home
Idaho	https://elections.sos.idaho.gov/ElectionLink/ElectionLink/ApplicationInstructions.aspx	https://elections.sos.idaho.gov/ElectionLink/ElectionLink/VoterSearch.aspx	https://elections.sos.idaho.gov/ElectionLink/ElectionLink/ApplicationInstructions.aspx
Alaska	https://voterregistration.alaska.gov/	https://myvoterinformation.alaska.gov/	https://voterregistration.alaska.gov/
Texas		https://teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov/MVP/mvp.do	https://www.votetexas.gov/register-to-vote/did-you-change-something.html
South Dakota		https://vip.sdsos.gov/VIPLogin.aspx	https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/voting/register-to-vote/default.aspx
Indiana	https://indianavoters.in.gov/	https://indianavoters.in.gov/	https://indianavoters.in.gov/
Kentucky	https://vrsws.sos.ky.gov/ovrweb/	https://vrsws.sos.ky.gov/VIC/	https://vrsws.sos.ky.gov/ovrweb/
Kansas	https://www.kdor.ks.gov/apps/voterreg/default.aspx	https://myvoteinfo.voteks.org/voterview	https://www.kdor.ks.gov/apps/voterreg/default.aspx
Louisiana	https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/VoterRegistration	https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/	https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/VoterRegistration
Maine		https://www1.maine.gov/portal/government/edemocracy/voter_lookup.php
Mississippi		https://www.msegov.com/sos/voter_registration/AmIRegistered	https://www.msegov.com/sos/voter_registration/home/Search
Minnesota	https://mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us/VoterRegistration/VoterRegistrationMain.aspx	https://mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us/VoterStatus.aspx	https://mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us/VoterRegistration/VoterRegistrationMain.aspx
Montana		https://app.mt.gov/voterinfo/
Nebraska	https://www.nebraska.gov/apps-sos-voter-registration/	https://www.votercheck.necvr.ne.gov/voterview/?culture=en-US	https://www.nebraska.gov/apps-sos-voter-registration/
New Jersey	https://voter.svrs.nj.gov/register	https://voter.svrs.nj.gov/registration-check
New Mexico	https://portal.sos.state.nm.us/OVR/WebPages/InstructionsStep1.aspx	https://voterportal.servis.sos.state.nm.us/wheretovote.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1	https://portal.sos.state.nm.us/OVR/WebPages/InstructionsStep1.aspx
Nevada	https://www.nvsos.gov/sosvoterservices/Registration/Step0.aspx	https://www.nvsos.gov/votersearch/	https://www.nvsos.gov/sosvoterservices/Registration/Step0.aspx
Ohio	https://olvr.ohiosos.gov/	https://voterlookup.ohiosos.gov/voterlookup.aspx	https://olvr.ohiosos.gov/
Oklahoma		https://okvoterportal.okelections.us/	https://www.ok.gov/elections/Voter_Info/Register_to_Vote/
Oregon	https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/vr/register.do?lang=eng&source=SOS	https://sos.oregon.gov/voting/Pages/myvote.aspx?lang=en	https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/vr/showVoterSearch.do?lang=eng&source=SOS
Pennsylvania	https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/pages/VoterRegistrationApplication.aspx	https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/pages/voterregistrationstatus.aspx	https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/pages/VoterRegistrationApplication.aspx
South Carolina	https://info.scvotes.sc.gov/eng/ovr/start.aspx	https://info.scvotes.sc.gov/eng/voterinquiry/VoterInformationRequest.aspx?PageMode=VoterInfo	https://www.scvotes.gov/update-your-voter-registration-information
Rhode Island	https://vote.sos.ri.gov/Home/RegistertoVote?ActiveFlag=1	https://vote.sos.ri.gov/Home/UpdateVoterRecord?ActiveFlag=0	https://vote.sos.ri.gov/Home/UpdateVoterRecord?ActiveFlag=0
Vermont	https://olvr.vermont.gov/	https://mvp.vermont.gov/	https://olvr.vermont.gov/
Virgin Islands		https://www.vivote.gov/voters/lookup
Wyoming		https://sos.wyo.gov/elections/state/registeringtovote.aspx	https://sos.wyo.gov/Forms/Elections/General/VoterRegistrationForm.pdf
Washington	https://olvr.votewa.gov/?Org=facebook	https://voter.votewa.gov/WhereToVote.aspx	https://voter.votewa.gov/WhereToVote.aspx
Wisconsin	https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/RegisterToVote	https://myvote.wi.gov/en-US/MyVoterInfo	https://myvote.wi.gov/en-US/UpdateMyNameOrAddress
Connecticut	https://voterregistration.ct.gov/OLVR/welcome.do	https://portaldir.ct.gov/sots/LookUp.aspx	https://voterregistration.ct.gov/OLVR/prefix.do

More on voting on November 3

Voting requirements and deadlines

General information

• Voter ID requirements
• State election websites
• Early voting dates
• Voter registration requirements
• Voter registration deadlines
• Same-day registration
• States that require employers to grant employees time off to vote
• Election results certification dates

Absentee/mail-in voting

• Absentee/mail-in voting overview
• Eligibility
• Request deadlines
• Request requirements
• Return deadlines
• Signature and witness requirements
• When can states begin processing and counting ballots

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