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You should apply for your absentee ballot at least four weeks before an election (but no later than two weeks before). You’ll find everything you need to vote by absentee ballot in our Absentee Voter Guides.
NOTE: The data in this chart was confirmed by each state’s Secretary of State – either via their website or direct email.
State
Earliest Day to Apply for an Absentee Ballot
Absentee Ballot Application Deadline
Absentee Ballots Due By
Alabama
Apply anytime before the deadline, but on or after January 1 of the election year is recommended
Received by the Thursday before the election
Postmarked by the day BEFORE the election and received by noon on election day (mailed); received by 5pm on the day BEFORE the election (hand-delivered)
Alaska
January 1 of the election year
Received 10 days before the election
Postmarked on election day
Arizona
93 days before the election
Received by 5pm 11 days before the election
Received by 7pm on election day
Arkansas
60 days before the election
Received by the Tuesday before the election (by mail); Received by close of business the day before the election (in person)
Received by 7:30pm on election day
California
Apply anytime before the deadline
Received 7 days before the election
Received by the close of polls on election day
Colorado
January 1 of the election year
Received by the Tuesday before the election
Received by the close of polls on election day
Connecticut
Apply anytime before the deadline
No specific deadline. We recommend requesting your ballot at least 2 weeks before the election
Received by 8pm on election day (by mail); received by the daybefore the election (in person)
Delaware
January 1 of the election year
Received by the Friday before the election
Received by 8pm on election day
District of Columbia
Apply anytime before the deadline
Received by the Tuesday before the election
Postmarked by election day
Florida
Up to 2 years prior to the election
Received by 5pm on the Wednesday before the election
Received by 7pm on election day
Georgia
180 days before the election
Received by the close of business on the Friday before the election
Received by 7pm on election day
Hawaii
60 days before the election
Received by 4:30pm on the Tuesday before the election
Received by the close of polls on election day
Idaho
Apply anytime before the deadline
Received by the Wednesday before the election
Received by 8pm on election day
Illinois
40 days before the election
Received by the Thursday before the election (by mail); Received by the day before the election (in person)
Postmarked the day BEFORE the election
Indiana
90 days before the election
Received 8 days before the election
Received by the close of polls on election day
Iowa
Apply anytime before the deadline
Received by 5 PM on the Friday before the election
Postmarked by the day BEFORE the election and received by noon on the Monday after the election
Kansas
90 days before the election
Received by the Friday before the election
Received by 7pm on election day
Kentucky
Apply anytime before the deadline, but on or after January 1 of the election year is recommended
Received by the Tuesday before the Election
Received by 6pm on election day
Louisiana
Your application will be rejected if you apply sooner than 60 days before the election
Received by the Friday before the election
Received by the day BEFORE the election
Maine
90 days before an election
No specific deadline. We recommend requesting your ballot at least 2 weeks before the election
Received by 8pm on election day
Maryland
Apply anytime before the deadline
Received by 4:30pm (mailed) or 11:59pm (faxed) on the Tuesday before the election
Postmarked by election day and received by 10am on the 2nd Friday after the election
Massachusetts
365 days before the election
Received by noon on the day before the election
Received by the close of polls on election day
Michigan
75 days before the election
Received by 2pm on the Saturday before the election
Received by 8pm on election day
Minnesota
Apply anytime before the deadline
No specific deadline. We recommend requesting your ballot at least 2 weeks before the election
Received by the close of polls on election day
Mississippi
45 days before the election
No specific deadline. We recommend requesting your ballot at least 2 weeks before the election
Received by 5pm on the day BEFORE the election
Missouri
The 6th Tuesday before the election
Received by 5pm on the Wednesday before the election
Received by the close of polls on election day
Montana
Your application will be rejected if you apply sooner than 75 days before the election
Received by noon on the day before the election
Received by the close of polls on election day
Nebraska
120 days before the election
Received by 4pm on the Wednesday before the election
Received by 8pm on election day
Nevada
January 1 of the election year
Received by 5pm on the Tuesday before the election
Received by 7pm on election day
New Hampshire
Apply anytime before the deadline
No specific deadline. We recommend requesting your ballot at least 2 weeks before the election
Received by 5pm on election day
New Jersey
Apply anytime before the deadline
Received by the Tuesday before the election (by mail); by 3pm on the day before the election (in person)
Received by 8pm on election day
New Mexico
Apply anytime before the deadline
Received by 5pm on the Friday before the election
Received by 7pm on election day
New York
January 1 of the election year
Received by the Tuesday before the election (by mail); by the day before the election (in person)
Postmarked by the day BEFORE the election and received the 7th day after the election
North Carolina
50 days before the election
Received by the Tuesday before the election
Received by 5pm on the day BEFORE the election
North Dakota
January 1 of the election year
No specific deadline. We recommend requesting your ballot at least 2 weeks before the election
Postmarked or handed-in by the day BEFORE the election
Ohio
January 1 of the election year
Received by noon on the Saturday before the election
Postmarked the day BEFORE the election and received 10 days after the election
Oklahoma
January 1 of the election year
Received by 5pm on the Wednesday before the election
Received by 7pm on election day
Oregon
The application is made available 45 days before the election
No specific deadline. We recommend requesting your ballot at least 2 weeks before the election
Received by 8pm on election day
Pennsylvania
50 days before the election
Received by 5pm on the Tuesday before the election
Received by 5pm on the FRIDAY BEFORE the election
Rhode Island
Applications are election-specific and provided by the state as soon as they are available
Received by 4pm on the Tuesday before the election
Received by 9pm on election day
South Carolina
January 1 of the election year
Received by the Friday before the election
Received by the close of polls on election day
South Dakota
January 1 of the election year
Received by 3pm on the day before the election
Received by the close of polls on election day
Tennessee
90 days before the election
Received by the Tuesday before the election
Received by the close of polls on election day
Texas
60 days before the election
Received by the close of business on the Tuesday before the election
Received by 7pm on election day
Utah
Apply anytime before the deadline
Received by the Friday before the election
Postmarked by the day BEFORE the election and received before noon on the day of the Official Canvass (which varies, somewhere between 1 and 14 days after the election)
Vermont
Apply anytime before the deadline
Received by 5pm on the day before the election
Received by the close of polls on election day
Virginia
365 days before the election
Received by the Tuesday before the election
Received by 7pm on election day
Washington
90 days before the election
No specific deadline. We recommend requesting your ballot at least 2 weeks before the election
Postmarked by election day
West Virginia
Your application will be returned if received any earlier than 78 days before the election
Received by the Wednesday before the election
Postmarked by election day and received by the canvass day (the Friday after a primary and the Monday after a general election)
Wisconsin
Apply anytime before the deadline
Received by 5pm on the Thursday before the election
Received by 8pm on election day
Wyoming
Apply anytime before the deadline
No specific deadline. We recommend requesting your ballot at least 2 weeks before the election
Received by 7pm on election day