--- title: Register to Vote: Here Are the Last Dates in Each State description: As Election Day approaches, these are the last days to register to vote in each state. canonical: https://time.com/4443588/register-vote-voter-state-laws/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-25T14:40:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:45.465Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here Are the Last Dates You Can Register to Vote og:description: In your state. og:url: https://time.com/4443588/register-vote-voter-state-laws/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29721e657e857317/6988a1002dce01274b9ea2ad/vote1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5150 og:image:height: 2897 og:image:alt: Mixed race voter voting in polling place og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here Are the Last Dates You Can Register to Vote twitter:description: In your state. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29721e657e857317/6988a1002dce01274b9ea2ad/vote1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here Are the Last Possible Dates You Can Register to Vote in Your State > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 25, 2016 2:40 PM UTC  Mixed race voter voting in polling place Mixed race voter voting in polling place Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 25, 2016 2:40 PM UTC Plenty of Americans will wait to register to vote in the Nov. 8 election, if at all. Nearly 35% of U.S. citizens eligible to vote in 2012 weren’t registered, up from only 29% unregistered in 2008, according to Census data. Online searches [may offer an early look](http://time.com/4452833/search-how-to-vote-google/) at an uptick in people looking to vote. In past elections, registration and voting related searches have usually peaked around October, when most registration deadlines occur, which may indicate that some voters tend not to even look up how to register until the last minute. Only 11 states and the District of Columbia, however, offer voters the option to register on Election Day, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. That number doesn’t include North Dakota, which is the only state that [doesn’t require traditional voter registration](https://vip.sos.nd.gov/pdfs/portals/votereg.pdf). Regardless of how late the registration date is in your state, check the requirements for registering there, as there could be some requirements that could make for last-minute dash—such as a [photo ID](http://time.com/4434115/north-carolina-voter-id-judge/). Below is a list of the last possible date to register to vote in each state. **September** 9: [Northern Mariana Islands](http://votecnmi.gov.mp/) 19: [Puerto Rico](http://ceepur.org/es-pr/Paginas/default.aspx) **October** 8: [Mississippi](http://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting/pages/voter-registration-information.aspx), [South Carolina](https://info.scvotes.sc.gov/eng/ovr/start.aspx?ref=voteusa), [U.S. Virgin Islands](http://www.vivote.gov/) 9: [Alaska](https://voterregistration.alaska.gov/?ref=voteusa), [Rhode Island](http://www.elections.state.ri.us/voting/registration.php) 10: [American Samoa](http://www.americansamoaelectionoffice.org/), [Arizona](https://servicearizona.com/webapp/evoter/selectLanguage), [Arkansas](http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/pages/voterregistration.aspx), [Hawaii](https://olvr.hawaii.gov/?ref=voteusa) 11: [Florida](http://dos.myflorida.com/elections/for-voters/voter-registration/register-to-vote-or-update-your-information/), [Georgia](https://registertovote.sos.ga.gov/GAOLVR/welcome.do?ref=voteusa#no-back-button), [Indiana](https://indianavoters.in.gov/PublicSite/OVR/Introduction.aspx), [Kentucky](https://vrsws.sos.ky.gov/ovrweb/?ref=voteusa), [Louisiana](http://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/Pages/OnlineVoterRegistration.aspx?ref=voteusa), [Michigan](http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1633%5F8716%5F8726%5F47669---,00.html), [New Mexico](http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Voter%5FInformation/Voter%5FRegistration%5FInformation.aspx), [Ohio](http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/Voters/register.aspx), [Pennsylvania](https://www.pavoterservices.state.pa.us/Pages/VoterRegistrationApplication.aspx?ref=voteusa), [Tennessee](http://sos.tn.gov/elections), [Texas](http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/reqvr.shtml) 12: [Missouri](http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/register?ref=voteusa) 14: [New York](https://dmv.ny.gov/org/more-info/electronic-voter-registration-application?ref=voteusa), [North Carolina](https://vip.sos.nd.gov/PortalList.aspx), [Oklahoma](https://www.ok.gov/elections/Voter%5FInfo/Register%5Fto%5FVote/) 15: [Delaware](https://ivote.de.gov/?ref=voteusa) 17: [Virginia](http://elections.virginia.gov/voter-outreach/) 18: [Kansas](https://www.kdor.ks.gov/Apps/VoterReg/Default.aspx), [Minnesota](http://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/register-to-vote), [Nevada](https://nvsos.gov/sosvoterservices/Registration/step1.aspx?ref=voteusa), [New Jersey](http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/voting-information.html), [Oregon](https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/vr/register.do?ref=voteusa), [West Virginia](https://ovr.sos.wv.gov/Register?ref=voteusa) 19: [Massachusetts](https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/?ref=voteusa), 24: [Alabama](https://www.alabamavotes.gov/olvr/default.aspx?ref=voteusa), [California](http://registertovote.ca.gov/?ref=voteusa), [South Dakota](https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/voting/register-to-vote/default.aspx), 28: [Guam](http://gec.guam.gov/), [Nebraska](https://www.nebraska.gov/apps-sos-voter-registration/?ref=voteusa) 31: [Washington](https://weiapplets.sos.wa.gov/MyVote/) **November** 1: [Utah](https://secure.utah.gov/voterreg/index.html?ref=voteusa) 2: [Vermont](https://olvr.sec.state.vt.us/?ref=voteusa) 3: [Maryland](https://voterservices.elections.state.md.us/OnlineVoterRegistration/VoterType?ref=voteusa) 8 (Election Day): [Colorado](https://www.sos.state.co.us/voter-classic/pages/pub/home.xhtml?ref=voteusa), [Connecticut](https://voterregistration.ct.gov/OLVR/welcome.do), [District of Columbia](https://www.vote4dc.com/ApplyInstructions/Register?ref=voteusa), [Idaho](http://www.dmv.org/id-idaho/voter-registration.php), [Illinois](https://ova.elections.il.gov/), [Iowa](https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/voterinformation/edr.html), [Maine](http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/voter-info/votreg.html), [Minnesota](http://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/register-to-vote), [Montana](http://sos.mt.gov/ELECTIONS/Vote/index.asp), [New Hampshire,](http://sos.nh.gov/Elections.aspx) [Wisconsin](https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/), [Wyoming](http://soswy.state.wy.us/elections/registeringtovote.aspx) [None Required: North Dakota](https://vip.sos.nd.gov/PortalList.aspx) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4443588/register-vote-voter-state-laws/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4443588/register-vote-voter-state-laws/"},"headline":"Here Are the Last Possible Dates You Can Register to Vote in Your State","datePublished":"2016-08-25T14:40:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:45.465Z","description":"Including the 11 states that allow you to register on Election Day","url":"https://time.com/4443588/register-vote-voter-state-laws/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 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