Deadlines are coming up for a lot of states. I thought I'd put together a voter registration guide for all 50 states after seeing the thread over at NeoGAF. This blog is just going to ripoff that thread.:P I don't care who you are voting for, I'm not trying to sway anyone here. If you know me, you know who I'm voting for this November.
EXPATRIATES AND ABROAD VOTERS
You must:
* Be a citizen of the United States
* Only vote in Federal elections
ALABAMA
Registration Deadline: 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
ALASKA
Registration Deadline:30 days before the election
ARIZONA
Registration Deadline: 29 days before the election
ARKANSAS
Registration Deadline: 30 days before the election
CALIFORNIA
Registration Deadline: 15 days before the election
COLORADO
Registration Deadline: 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
CONNECTICUT
Registration Deadline: 1 day before the election
DELAWARE
Registration Deadline: 20 days prior to the general election.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Registration Deadline: 30 days before the election
FLORIDA
Registration Deadline: 29 days before the election
GEORGIA
Registration Deadline: The fifth Monday before any general primary, general election, or presidential preference primary.
HAWAII
Registration Deadline: 30 days before the election
IDAHO
Registration Deadline: 25 days before the election
ILLINOIS
Registration Deadline: 28 days prior to each election
INDIANA
Registration Deadline: 29 days before the election
IOWA
Registration Deadline: Must be delivered by 5 p.m. 10 days before the election, if it is a state primary or general election.
KANSAS
Registration Deadline: Delivered by mail 15 days before the election or at caucus in person.
KENTUCKY
Registration Deadline: 29 days before the election
LOUISIANA
Registration Deadline: 30 days before the election
MAINE
Registration Deadline: You can register to vote until, and including, election day.
MARYLAND
Registration Deadline: 9:00 p.m. 21 days before the election
MASSACHUSETTS
Registration Deadline: 20 days before the election
MICHIGAN
Registration Deadline: 30 days before the election
MINNESOTA
Registration Deadline: You may register to vote by mail or in-person at your county courthouse (at least 20 days before the election to appear on the roster) or you may register at your polling place on election day.
MISSISSIPPI
Registration Deadline: 30 days before the election
MISSOURI
Registration Deadline: By 5:00pm on the fourth Wednesday prior to the election
MONTANA
Registration Deadline: 30 days before the election
NEBRASKA
Registration Deadline: Mail-in voter registrations must be mailed and postmarked on or before the third Friday preceding an election. Individuals may register in person at the county clerk/election commissioner's office prior to 6 p.m. on the second Friday preceding an election.
NEVADA
Election Registration Deadline: 9:00 p.m. on the fifth Saturday before any primary or general election.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Registration Deadline: 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. You may register at your polling place on election day.
NEW JERSEY
Registration Deadline: 21 days before the election
NEW MEXICO
Registration Deadline: 28 days before the election
NEW YORK
Registration Deadline: 25 days before the election
NORTH CAROLINA
Registration Deadline: 25 days before the election
NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota does not have voter registration
OHIO
Registration Deadline: 30 days before the election
OKLAHOMA
Registration Deadline: 25 days before the election
OREGON
Registration Deadline: 21 days before the election
PENNSYLVANIA
Registration Deadline: 30 days before an election or primary
RHODE ISLAND
Registration Deadline: 30 days before the election
SOUTH CAROLINA
Election Registration Deadline:30 days before the election
SOUTH DAKOTA
Registration Deadline: Received 15 days before the election
TENNESSEE
Registration Deadline:30 days before the election
TEXAS
Registration Deadline: 30 days before the election
UTAH
Registration Deadline: Postmark deadline-30 days before the election; Satellite Registration-you may register in person at a satellite registration site or at the County Clerk's office on the 15th and 18th day before the election.
VERMONT
Registration Deadline: Delivered to the town clerk before 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding the day of the election
VIRGINIA
Registration Deadline: Delivered 29 days before the election
WASHINGTON
Registration Deadline: 30 days before the election (or delivered in-person to the local voter registration office 15 days before the election)
WEST VIRGINIA
Registration Deadline: 20 days before the election
WISCONSIN
Registration Deadline: 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)
WYOMING
Election Registration Deadline: Wyoming by law, cannot accept this form unless State law is changed. You may register to vote at your polling place on election day.
It is a Saturday, you've got nothing better to do, go register. In some places like Ohio, you can even vote early and get it out of the way all at once.
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