2019 data
Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia allow anyone who is registered to vote access to vote-by-mail using an absentee ballot.
- AK, AZ, CA, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, KS, ME, MD, MN, MT, NE, NJ, NC, ND, NM, NV, OH, OK, SD, UT, VT, WI, WY
These deadlines are for in-state voters, not military voters and their families or permanent overseas voters.
- Alaska (details )
Deadline to receive absentee ballot application by mail: Saturday Oct 27, 2018
Deadline to request electronic transmission absentee ballot application: Monday Nov 5, 2018, 5 pm
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Arizona (details )
Deadline to request ballot: Oct 26, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - California (details )
Deadline to request ballot: application received by Oct 30, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - District of Columbia (details )
Deadline to request ballot: received by Tuesday, Oct 30, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Florida (details )
Deadline to request: a voter can pick up or have delivered his or her own vote-by-mail ballot at any time the ballot becomes available, including up to 7 p.m. on Nov 6, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Georgia (details )
Deadline to request ballot: received by Nov 2, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Hawaii (details )
Deadline to request ballot: Oct 30, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Idaho (details )
Deadline to request ballot: Oct 26, 2018
You can cast an absentee ballot in person at tyour polling place up until 5 p.m. Friday Nov 2, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Illinois (details )
Deadline to request ballot: Nov 1, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Iowa (details )
Deadline to request ballot: by 5 p.m. on Oct 26, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Kansas (details )
Deadline to request ballot: Oct 30
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Maine (details )
Deadline to request ballot: Nov 1, 2018 unless the voter completes a special circumstances application.
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Maryland (details )
Deadline to request ballot by mail or fax: Oct 30, 2018
Deadline to download ballot from state website: Nov 2, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Minnesota (details )
Deadline to request ballot: Nov 5, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Montana (details )
Deadline to request ballot: Noon on Nov 5, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Nebraska (details )
Deadline to request ballot: close of business on Friday, Oct 26, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - New Jersey (details )
Deadline to request ballot: received seven days prior to the General Election.
A voter may also apply in person to the County Clerk until 3:00 p.m. Monday, Nov 5, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - New Mexico (details )
Deadline to request ballot: Friday, Nov 2, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Nevada (details )
Deadline to request ballot: 5 p.m. on Oct 30, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - North Carolina (details )
Deadline to request ballot: no later than 5:00 p.m. Oct 30, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - North Dakota (details )
Online tool to request ballot if not living in a vote-by-mail county
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Ohio (details )
Deadline to request ballot: three days before the election.
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Oklahoma (details )
Deadline to request ballot: 5 p.m. on Wednesday Oct 31, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - South Dakota (details )
Deadline to request ballot: 5 pm on Nov 5, 2018
Any application for a ballot by authorized messenger must be received by the person in charge of the election before 3:00 p.m. on Nov 6, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Utah (details )
Deadline to request ballot: Oct 30, 2018 All active registered voters, except those living in Carbon and Emery Counties, will automatically receive their ballot in the mail.
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Vermont (details )
Deadline to request ballot: Any time before an election
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Wisconsin (details )
Deadline to request ballot by mail: Nov 1, 2018 at 5 p.m.
Deadline to request ballot by mail if indefinitely confined: Nov 2, 2018 at 5 p.m.
Deadline to possibly request and vote an absentee ballot in-person in their municipal clerkâs office: Nov 4, 2018
Deadline for hospitalized voters: Nov 6, 2018 @ 5:00 p.m.
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines - Wyoming (details )
Deadline to request ballot: Nov 5, 2018
+ Absentee ballot return deadlines