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Voter information
How to register, how to check what is already on file, and which official office answers for it, in every state and the District of Columbia.
How to register where you live
Pick your state for its registration channels, cutoff rules, and official links. Every state and the District of Columbia is covered.
Every state
Each link opens that state's registration rules on this page.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Works in every state
Entry points for a voter who is moving, or is not sure which state they vote in. Each one names the body that runs it.
- Register to vote (vote.gov) ↗The federal guide this page is built from, in eleven languages.
- Check your registration (Can I Vote) ↗Run by the National Association of Secretaries of State, the state officials’ own association.
- National Mail Voter Registration Form (PDF) ↗Published by the federal Election Assistance Commission and accepted by most states. Print, sign, and mail it to your election office.
- Military and overseas voters (FVAP) ↗Register and request an absentee ballot from outside the U.S.