When will I receive my vote by mail ballot 2022?

The 2022 Mid-Term elections will take place on Tuesday, 8 November. Those who would like to vote by mail should have or will be receiving their ballot any day now.

The dates listed below represent the dates by law that ballots should be sent. If you have yet to receive your ballot, it would be advised to contact your county election officials.

Typically, mail-in ballots must be postmarked by election day or can be handed in at any polling location.

While the following list will dictate when mail-in ballots are sent, but voters should be aware that many states require those who wish to vote by mail to request a ballot by a specific date. To identify that date, one can consult the Secretary of State’s website.

Alabama

Ballots in Alabama are sent fifty-five days before the election, and an absentee ballot can be requested until 1 November by mail and 3 November in person. All absentee ballots must be postmarked by 7 November or turned in to an Absentee Election Manager in person on 8 November.

Alaska

Voters in Alaska who have requested an absentee ballot should receive it by 29 October.

Ballots can be requested until 29 October and must be returned by election day.

Arizona

Absentee ballots in Arizona will be sent anywhere between twenty-four to twenty-seven days before the election.

Arkansas

Arkansas sends ballots out quite early, with voters being able to expect them around forty-six days before election day.

California

All registered voters in the Golden State will receive a mail-in ballot around twenty-nine days before the election.

Colorado

Voters in the Rocky Mountain state can expect their ballots anywhere between eighteen and twenty-two days before the election.

Connecticut

Registered voters should have already received their ballots as they are typically sent thirty-one days before election day.

Delaware

Ballots are sent two months before the election.

District of Columbia

There are no laws that specify

Florida

Florida law dictates that laws be sent thirty-three to forty days before the election.

Georgia

Georgia ballots come a little earlier, landing in mailboxes anywhere between twenty-five to twenty-nine days before the election.

Hawaii

Ballots are received around eighteen days before the election.

Idaho

In Idaho, ballots are sent forty-five days before election day.

Illinois

The timeline in Illinois is slightly more expedited, landing in mailboxes forty days before the election.

Indiana

Like Idaho, voters can expect their ballots forty-five days before the election.

Iowa

Iowa voters can expect their ballots in mid-October, coming in around twenty days before the election.

Kansas

Absentee voters can also expect their ballots twenty days before election day.

Kentucky

Most absentee voters have received their ballots as they come fifty days before the election.

Louisiana

Like Iowa and Idaho, voters can expect their ballots forty-five days before the election.

Maine

Voters in Maine receive their ballots a month before the election.

Maryland

Maryland voters should have received their ballots already, as state law dictates that they come forty days before the election.

Massachusetts

Similar to Maine, ballots are sent to absentee voters thirty days before the election.

Michigan

Like Lousiana, Michigan voters can expect their ballots forty-five days before the election.

Minnesota

Minnesota law dictates that ballots be sent forty-six days before the election.

Mississippi

Like Maryland, voters in Mississippi receive mail-in ballots forty days before the election.

Missouri

Voters in Missouri can expect their ballots around forty-two days before the election.

Montana

Montana voters will receive their ballots twenty-five days before the election.

Nebraska

Nebraska voters should expect their ballot any day now as they are sent thirty-five days before the election.

Nevada

Nevada law does not specify when absentee ballots are sent.

New Hampshire

Voters in New Hampshire can expect their ballots this week as they are sent thirty days before the election.

New Jersey

Voters in New Jersey can expect their ballots forty-five days before the election.

New Mexico

New Mexico voters who cast their ballots via the mail can expect them twenty-eight days before the election.

New York

Ballots come thirty-two days before the election.

North Carolina

Ballots are sent sixty days before the election.

North Dakota

Mail-in ballots are sent forty days before the election.

Ohio

Voters will receive their ballots around twenty-nine days before the election.

Oklahoma

Ballots are sent forty-five days before the election.

Oregon

Oregon voters can expect their ballots twenty days before election day.

Pennsylvania

Ballots are sent fifty days before the election.

Rhode Island

Ballots are sent forty-five days before the election.

South Carolina

Ballots are sent thirty days before the election.

South Dakota

Absentee voters in South Dakota can expect their ballots around forty-six days before the election.

Tennessee

Voters in Tennessee are some of the first to receive mail-in ballots, coming around ninety days before the election.

Texas

Absentee ballots are sent forty-five days before the election.

Utah

Voters in Utah can expect their ballots shortly, as the state law dictates that they come twenty-one days before the election.

Vermont

Vermont law dictates that absentee ballots come forty-three days before the election.

Virginia

Absentee voters in Virginia can expect their mail-in ballots around forty-five days before the election.

Washington

Washingtonians will receive their ballots around eighteen days before the election, or around October 20th.

West Virginia

West Virginia law dictates that absentee ballots be sent forty-six days before the election.

Wisconsin

Absentee voters can expect their ballots around forty-seven days before the election.

Wyoming

Voters in Wyoming should have already received their ballots as they come around forty-five days before the election.