US ELECTIONS 2024
Find out which state still allows its residents to apply for absentee voting
Absentee voting plays a crucial role in ensuring that all eligible voters can participate in elections and has been made easier in recent years.
Absentee voting in the United States allows voters to cast their ballots without being physically present at their designated polling places, primarily benefiting those who are away from home on Election Day.
Voters must typically register and request an absentee ballot through their state’s election office. Most states require a reason to allow absentee voting but these rules are different for each state. For more voting information visit vote.org
Absentee voting this election
Alabama: Received by noon on Election Day if delivered by mail or medical emergency designee. Received by 5pm the day before Election Day if hand-delivered.
Alaska: Must be received 0 days after Election Day and postmarked by Election Day
Arizona: Received by 7pm on Election Day
.rkansas: Received by 7:30pm on Election Day if delivered by mail. Received by close of business on the Friday before Election Day if delivered in person
California: Postmarked by Election Day and received no later than 7 days after the Election
Colorado: Received by 7pm on Election Day. Voters in line to drop off ballots by 7pm on Election Day are allowed to cast their ballot
Connecticut: Received by close of polls on Election Day if returned by mail or by voter’s immediate family/qualified designee. If returned by the voter in-person, received by the day before Election Day
Delaware: Received by 8pm on Election Day
Florida: Postmarked on or before Election Day and received no later than 0 days after Election Day
Georgia: Received by 7pm on Election Day. A 10-day extension exists for overseas voters voting in Presidential Primaries and General Elections, provided the ballot is postmarked or dated by Election Day
Hawaii: Received by the time polls close on Election Day
Idaho: Received by 7pm on Election Day
Illinois: Received by 8pm on Election Day
Indiana: Postmarked by Election Day and received by 4 days after Election Day
Iowa: Received before 8pm on Election Day
Kansas: Postmarked by Election Day and received 3 days after Election Day
Kentucky: Received by 6pm on Election Day
Louisiana: Received by 4:30pm the day before Election Day for most voters. Received by 8pm on Election Day for military, overseas, hospitalized, and sequestered jury voters
Maine: Received by municipal clerk by 8pm on Election Day
Maryland: Postmarked on or before Election Day and received by 0am, 0 days after Election Day
Massachusetts: Received by Election Day
Michigan: Received by city or township clerk by 8pm local time on Election Day
Minnesota: Received by Election Day by mail, drop box, or in person to the local election official by 8pm
Mississippi: Postmarked by Election Day and received within 5 business days of Election Day (by mail)
Missouri: Received by the close of polls on Election Day
Montana: Received by 8pm on Election Day
Nebraska: Received by close of polls on Election Day
Nevada: Postmarked on or before Election Day
New Hampshire: Received by 5pm on Election Day
New Jersey: Postmarked by 8pm on Election Day and received by the sixth day after Election Day
New Mexico: Received by 7pm on Election Day
New York: Postmarked on Election Day and received 7 days after Election Day. Voted ballots can also be turned in by hand on Election Day
North Carolina: If in person, 5pm on Election Day. If by mail, postmarked on Election Day
North Dakota: Postmarked day before Election Day
Ohio: If mailed, postmarked no later than the day before Election Day and received no later than 4 days after Election Day. If delivered in person, received by 7:30pm on Election Day
Oklahoma: If mailed, received by 7pm on Election Day. If hand-delivered, received by close of business the day before Election Day
Oregon: Postmarked by Election Day and received not later than 7 days after Election Day
Pennsylvania: Received by 8pm on Election Day
Rhode Island: Received by 8pm on Election Day
South Carolina: Received by 7pm on Election Day
South Dakota: Received by Election Day
Tennessee: Received by Election Day by 7pm
Texas: Postmarked by 7pm on Election Day and received by 5pm the day after Election Day (except for ballots cast from an address outside the US, which must be postmarked by 7pm on Election Day and received no later than 5 days after Election Day)
Utah: If in-person, received by Election Day; if mailed, postmarked the day before Election Day
Vermont: If mailed, received by the close of business the day before Election Day. Voters may also submit their ballots by hand at their polling location on Election Day
Virginia: Postmarked by Election Day and received by noon 3 days after Election Day
Washington: Postmarked by Election Day
West Virginia: Mailed ballots must be postmarked by Election Day and received by 5 days after Election Day (unless that day is a Sunday, then the deadline is the following Monday). Mailed ballots with no postmark will be counted if received by day after Election Day. Ballots returned in person must be received one day before Election Day
Wisconsin: Received by 8pm on Election Day
Wyoming: Received by 7pm on Election Day