|
STATE |
VOTER
REGISTRATION DEADLINE |
USE
OF VOTER REGISTRATION (VR) LISTS FOR JURY DUTY |
|
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. |
Selected
solely from VR lists |
|
Alaska |
30
days before the election. |
Does
not use VR for jury duty |
|
Arizona |
29
days before the election. |
VR
and drivers licenses, plus others |
|
Arkansas |
30
days before the election. |
only
VR |
|
California |
15
days before the election. |
VR
one of many sources |
|
Colorado |
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. |
VR
one of many including driver's licenses and identification
cards. |
|
Connecticut |
14
days before the election. |
VR
one of several sources |
|
Delaware |
20
days prior to the general election and 20 days prior to any
primary election. |
VR
and drivers licenses |
|
District
of Columbia |
30
days before the election. |
VR,
driver’s licenses,welfare rolls. Federal courts use
only VR. |
|
Florida |
29
days before the election. |
Does
not use VR for jury duty |
|
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. |
VR
lists main source. |
|
Hawaii |
30
days before the election. |
VR
is one of many lists |
|
Idaho |
25
days before the election. |
Master
list from VR, other sources used as supplements |
|
Illinois |
28
days prior to each election. |
VR
and driver’s licenses |
|
Indiana |
29
days before the election. |
VR
main source, other sources supplemental |
|
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. |
VR
one of several sources |
|
Kansas |
Delivered
15 days before the election. |
Primarily
VR and driver’s licenses, plus many other supplemental |
|
Kentucky |
29
days before the election. |
Selected
from master list composed of driver’s licenses, state
taxpayers and VR |
|
Louisiana |
30
days before the election. |
VR
and other lists |
|
Maine |
Delivered
10 business days before the election (or a voter may register
in-person up to and including election day). |
Does
not use VR for jury duty |
|
Maryland |
9:00
p.m. 21 days before the election. |
VR
and other lists |
|
Massachusetts |
20
days before the election. |
Does
not use VR for jury duty |
|
Michigan |
30
days before the election. |
Does
not use VR for jury duty |
|
Minnesota |
Delivered
by 5:00 p.m. 21 days before the election (there is also
election day registration at polling places). |
VR
and other lists |
|
Mississippi |
30
days before the election. |
only
VR |
|
Missouri |
28
days before the election. |
Mainly
VR and driver’s licenses |
|
Montana |
30
days before the election. |
only
VR |
|
Nebraska |
The
third Friday before the election (or delivered by 6 p.m. on
the second Friday before the election). |
VR
and driver’s licenses |
|
Nevada |
9:00
p.m. on the fifth Saturday 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 fifth Saturday before
the day for the elections. |
VR
primary source, plus secondary lists (driv. lic., etc.) |
|
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. |
Does
not use VR for jury duty |
|
New
Jersey |
29
days before the election. |
VR
and driver’s licenses |
|
New
Mexico |
28
days before the election. |
VR,
driver’s licenses and income tax payers |
|
New
York |
25
days before the election. |
Voter
registration and other lists, incl. welfare recipients and
unemployment rolls |
|
North
Carolina |
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. |
VR
and driver’s licenses |
|
North
Dakota |
North
Dakota does not have voter registration. |
“Voter
lists,” driver’s licenses and other records. |
|
Ohio |
30
days before the election. |
VR
and other lists. Some counties use only VR. |
|
Oklahoma |
25
days before the election. |
Does
not use VR for jury duty |
|
Oregon |
21
days before the election. |
VR
and DMV |
|
Pennsylvania |
30
days before an election or primary. |
VR
primary source, plus secondary lists (driv. lic., etc.) |
|
Rhode
Island |
30
days before the election. |
VR,
DMV & ID card lists |
|
South
Carolina |
30
days before the election. |
VR,
DMV & ID card lists |
|
South
Dakota |
Received
15 days before the election. |
VR
primary source, plus secondary lists (driv. lic., etc.) |
|
Tennessee |
30
days before the election. |
Various
sources. VR is one of them but cannot be the sole or
primary source, per Tenn. law. |
|
Texas |
30
days before the election. |
VR,
DMV & ID card lists |
|
Utah |
20
days before the election. |
VR,
driver’s licenses, Vital Statistics records, Workforce
records, and other list |
|
Vermont |
Delivered
to the town clerk before 12:00 noon on the second Saturday
before the election. |
VR
and driv. lic. |
|
Virginia |
Delivered
29 days before the election. |
VR
primary source, plus secondary lists (driv. lic., etc.) |
|
Washington |
30
days before the election (or delivered in-person to the local
voter registration office 15 days before the election). |
VR,
DMV and “Identicard” records |
|
West
Virginia |
20
days before the election. |
VR,
DMV, state tax filers |
|
Wisconsin |
For
municipalities where voter registration is required, 13 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). |
Does
not use VR for jury duty |
|
Wyoming |
Wyoming
by law, cannot accept this form unless State law is changed. |
Registered
voter list and driver’s licenses |
