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As of September 14, 2020, 40 states (and Washington, D.C.) had implemented online voter registration. Another state, Oklahoma, had passed legislation or enacted regulations authorizing online voter registration.[1]

Voter registration requirements and deadlines in 2020

The sections below detail voter registration requirements and deadlines in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the five permanently inhabited U.S. territories for the November 3, 2020, general election.

Voter registration requirements

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 five 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.

Voter registration deadlines

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

  • State
  • In-person registration deadline (the last day a voter can register in person, if applicable)
  • Mail registration deadline (the last day a voter can register by mail, if applicable)
  • Mail postmark or receipt deadline (whether the mail registration deadline is a postmark or receipt deadline)
  • Online registration deadlines (the last day a voter can register online, if applicable)

Each of the five 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.

Same-day voter registration

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

  • State
  • Election date
  • Same-day registration ("Yes" indicates that the state allows voters to register on Election Day)
  • Early voting same-day registration ("Yes" indicates that the state allows voters to register during the early voting period, 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.

Online registration by state

As of September 14, 2020:[1]

  • 40 states and Washington, D.C. had implemented full online voter registration
  • One state had passed legislation or enacted regulations authorizing full online voter registration

See the map and table below for further information.

Online voter registration by state
State Active online registration Link
Alabama
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 Electronic Voter Registration Application
Alaska
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 Alaska's Online Voter Registration System
Arizona
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 EZ Voter Registration
Arkansas
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California
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 California Online Voter Registration
Colorado
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 Colorado Secretary of State
Connecticut
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 Connecticut Online Voter Registration
Delaware
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 I Vote Delaware
Florida
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 Florida Online Voter Registration System
Georgia
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 Georgia Online Voter Registration
Hawaii
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 Hawaii's Online Voter Registration System
Idaho
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 Idaho Online Voter Registration
Illinois
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 Illinois Online Voter Registration
Indiana
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 Indiana Online Voter Registration
Iowa
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 Iowa Electronic Voter Registration
Kansas
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 Kansas Online Voter Registration
Kentucky
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 Kentucky Online Voter Registration
Louisiana
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 Geaux Vote
Maine
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Maryland
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 Maryland Online Voter Registration
Massachusetts
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 Online Voter Registration System
Michigan
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 Michigan Online Voter Registration
Minnesota
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 Register to Vote
Mississippi
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Missouri
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 Vote Missouri
Montana
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Nebraska
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 Nebraska Online Voter Registration
Nevada
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 Nevada Online Voter Registration
New Hampshire
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New Jersey
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 New Jersey Voter Registration Application
New Mexico
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 New Mexico Online Voter Registration
New York
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 New York State Voter Registration Form
North Carolina
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 Voter Registration Application
North Dakota
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Ohio
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 Ohio Online Voter Registration
Oklahoma Enacted in April 2015, but not implemented as of January 2018
Oregon
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 OreStar
Pennsylvania
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 votesPA
Rhode Island
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 Rhode Island Voter Information Center
South Carolina
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 S.C. Online Voter Registration
South Dakota
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Tennessee
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 Go Vote TN
Texas
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Utah
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 Utah Online Voter Registration
Vermont
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 Vermont's Online Voter Registration System
Virginia
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 Virginia Voter Registration
Washington
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 MyVote
Washington, D.C.
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 DCBOE Vote
West Virginia
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 West Virginia's Online Voter Registration Website
Wisconsin
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 MyVote Wisconsin
Wyoming
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Source: National Conference of State Legislatures, "Online Voter Registration," December 6, 2017

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Conference of State Legislatures, "Online Voter Registration," accessed July 31, 2018 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "onlineregistration" defined multiple times with different content
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