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Voter Registration Information

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State

General voter registration deadline

Date of primary

Absentee ballot deadline

Alabama

10/22/2004

6/1/2004

Postmarked by day prior to election or delivered by 5 pm day prior

Alaska

10/26/2004

8/24/2004

Postmarked on or before 11/2/04

Arizona

10/4/2004

9/7/2004

7pm election day

Arkansas

10/4/2004

5/18/2004

7:30pm election day/ Not later than 5pm 10 days after

California

10/18/2004

3/2/2004

By 8 pm day of election

Colorado

10/5/2004

8/10/2004

7pm election day

Connecticut

10/21/2004

9/9/2003

By 8pm on election day

District of Columbia

10/4/2004

9/14/2004

10 days after election

Delaware

10/12/2004

9/11/2004

By 12 pm day before elections

Florida

10/4/2004

8/31/2004

7pm election day

Georgia

10/1/2004

7/20/2004

on or before election day

Hawaii

10/4/2004

9/18/2004

Close of polls

Idaho

Same day registration

5/25/2004

By 8 pm day of election

Illinois

10/6/2004

3/16/2004

By mail, the application must be in the office of the election authority no later than 5 days before the election. Can vote in person absentee up to one day prior to the election

Indiana

10/4/2004

5/4/2004

By 6pm on election day

Iowa

10/23/2004

6/8/2004

On election day or be clearly postmarked by an officially authorized postal service not later than the day before the election, and received by the commissioner not later than noon on the Monday following the election.

Kansas

10/18/2004

8/3/2004

By close of polls on election day

Kentucky

10/6/2004

5/18/2004

Close of polls

Louisiana

10/14/2004

9/18/2004

In person is 6 days prior to election day; mail-ins on election day

Maine

Same day registration

6/8/2004

By 8pm on election day

Maryland

10/9/2004

3/2/2004

Friday week after election

Massachusetts

10/13/2004

9/14/2004

Must arrive before the close of the polls

Michigan

10/4/2004

8/3/2004

By 8pm on election day

Minnesota

Same day registration

9/14/2004

By 5 pm the day before, or on election day

Mississippi

10/4/2004

3/9/2004

5pm, if mailed ( except presidential ballots); Noon Sat. before Tues. election, Thurs. before a Sat. election. Or second day after election on other days

Missouri

10/6/2004

8/3/2004

Close of polls

Montana

10/4/2004

6/8/2004

Close of polls

Nebraska

Received by 6pm on the second Friday before the election or postmarked be the third Friday before the election

5/11/2004

By 8 pm day of election

Nevada

10/12/2004

9/7/2004

11/2/2004

New Hampshire

Must be received by city or town clerk 10 days before an election or Same day registration

9/14/2004

5pm election day

New Jersey

10/4/2004

6/8/2004

October 26th by mail and November 1st by 3 p.m. in person

New Mexico

10/5/2004

6/1/2004

7pm election day

New York

10/9/2004

9/15/2004

Postmarked day before election

North Carolina

10/9/2004

5/4/2004

5pm day before election

North Dakota

no voter registration

6/8/2004

must be post-marked by day before

Ohio

10/1/2004

3/2/2004

by 7:30 pm on election day

Oklahoma

10/8/2004

7/27/2004

By 7 pm on election day

Oregon

Postmarked or received 21 days before an election

5/18/2004

8pm election day

Pennsylvania

10/4/2004

4/27/2004

5pm Friday before election for state and local officials; Before close of polls for Pres. And V.P.

Rhode Island

10/2/2004

9/14/2004

9pm election day

South Carolina

10/4/2004

6/8/2004

Received by 5 pm, 4 days prior to the election

South Dakota

10/18/2004

6/1/2004

A person can request an absentee ballot up until 3:00 pm on election day. The ballot must be returned to the county auditor in time for it to be delivered to the voters home precinct before the polls close at 7:00 pm local time.

Tennessee

10/3/2004

8/5/2004

Close of polls

Texas

10/4/2004

3/2/2004

Before close of polls

Utah

postmark 10/13/04 or in-person 10/25/04

6/22/2004

Ballot must be post-marked by day before

Vermont

10/23/2004

9/14/2004

By 7 pm on election day

Virginia

10/6/2004

6/8/2004

Before the close of the polls on election day

Washington

10/2/04 by mail-- 10/18/04 in person

9/14/2004

Must be signed, post-marked/delivered on or before election day

West Virginia

10/13/2004

5/11/2004

Close of polls

Wisconsin

Same day registration

9/14/2004

In the clerk's office by 5 pm on the day preceding the election

Wyoming

10/4/2004

8/17/2004

By 7pm on election day

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