States with no-excuse absentee voting

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.

1. 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
   Postmarked on or before Tuesday, Nov 6, 2018
   Ballots returned via fax must be received Tuesday Nov 6, 2018, 8:00PM Alaska Standard Time
2. Arizona (details )
   Deadline to request ballot: Oct 26, 2018
   + Absentee ballot return deadlines
   Received by 7 PM, Nov 6, 2018
3. California (details )
   Deadline to request ballot: application received by Oct 30, 2018
   + Absentee ballot return deadlines
   Postmarked on or before Nov 6, 2018 and received by your county elections office no later than 3 days after Election Day.
   Personally delivered or returned to a ballot drop box no later than the close of polls at 8:00 p.m. on Nov 6,2018
4. District of Columbia (details )
   Deadline to request ballot: received by Tuesday, Oct 30, 2018
   + Absentee ballot return deadlines
   Received no later than 8:00 p.m. on Nov 6, 2018
5. 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
   Returned no later than 7 p.m. Nov 6, 2018
6. Georgia (details )
   Deadline to request ballot: received by Nov 2, 2018
   + Absentee ballot return deadlines
   Postmarked on or before Nov 6, 2018
7. Hawaii (details )
   Deadline to request ballot: Oct 30, 2018
   + Absentee ballot return deadlines
   No later than the close of polls on Nov 6, 2018
8. 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
   Received by close of polls Nov 6, 2018
9. Illinois (details )
   Deadline to request ballot: Nov 1, 2018
   + Absentee ballot return deadlines
   Postmarked no later than Nov 6, 2018 and received within 14 days of the election.
10. Iowa (details )
    Deadline to request ballot: by 5 p.m. on Oct 26, 2018
    + Absentee ballot return deadlines
    Postmarked by Monday Nov 5, 2018 and received in the county auditor’s office no later than noon on the Monday following the election.
11. Kansas (details )
    Deadline to request ballot: Oct 30
    + Absentee ballot return deadlines
    Monday, Nov 5 – Noon deadline to cast advance voting ballots in person in office of county election office.
    Postmarked on or before Nov 6, 2018 and received in the county election office no later than the third day following the election.
12. Maine (details )
    Deadline to request ballot: Nov 1, 2018 unless the voter completes a special circumstances application.
    + Absentee ballot return deadlines
    Returned by 8:00 p.m. on Nov 6, 2018
13. 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
    Deliver it to your local board of elections by 8 pm on Nov 6, 2018
    Postmarked on or before Nov 6, 2018 and received by Nov 16, 2018
14. Minnesota (details )
    Deadline to request ballot: Nov 5, 2018
    + Absentee ballot return deadlines
    Return your ballot by mail or package delivery service no later than Nov 6, 2018
    In person no later than 3 p.m. on Nov 6, 2018
    
15. Montana (details )
    Deadline to request ballot: Noon on Nov 5, 2018
    + Absentee ballot return deadlines
    Received by 8:00 p.m. on Nov 6, 2018
16. Nebraska (details )
    Deadline to request ballot: close of business on Friday, Oct 26, 2018
    + Absentee ballot return deadlines
    Received by the closing of the polls on Nov 6, 2018
17. 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
    Received by 8 PM, Nov 6, 2018
18. New Mexico (details )
    Deadline to request ballot: Friday, Nov 2, 2018
    + Absentee ballot return deadlines
    Returned by 7:00 p.m. on Nov 6, 2018
19. Nevada (details )
    Deadline to request ballot: 5 p.m. on Oct 30, 2018
    + Absentee ballot return deadlines
    Received no later than 7 p.m. on Nov 6 2018
20. North Carolina (details )
    Deadline to request ballot: no later than 5:00 p.m. Oct 30, 2018
    + Absentee ballot return deadlines
    Must be marked in the presence of two witnesses (or one witness if the witness is a notary-public)
    Return by 5:00 pm on Nov 6, 2018
21. North Dakota (details )
    Online tool to request ballot if not living in a vote-by-mail county
    + Absentee ballot return deadlines
    Returned to the county auditor no later than Nov 5, 2018
    Postmarked on or before Nov 6, 2018
22. Ohio (details )
    Deadline to request ballot: three days before the election.
    + Absentee ballot return deadlines
    Before close of polls at 7:30 pm on Nov 6, 2018
23. Oklahoma (details )
    Deadline to request ballot: 5 p.m. on Wednesday Oct 31, 2018
    + Absentee ballot return deadlines
    Received before 7 p.m. on Nov 6, 2018
24. 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
    Received by 5 pm on Nov 5, 2018
25. 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
    Postmarked on or before Nov 5, 2018
26. Vermont (details )
    Deadline to request ballot: Any time before an election
    + Absentee ballot return deadlines
    By close of polls on Nov 6, 2018
27. 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 clerk’s office: Nov 4, 2018
    Deadline for hospitalized voters: Nov 6, 2018 @ 5:00 p.m.
    + Absentee ballot return deadlines
    Received by 8:00 p.m. on Nov 6, 2018
28. Wyoming (details )
    Deadline to request ballot: Nov 5, 2018
    + Absentee ballot return deadlines
    Received by 7 p.m. on Nov 6, 2018