The National Grange’s year long project, “GRANGERS ORGANIZED TO VOTE (GOTV) 2006” is a program to provide Grange members with vital voting information to help them get registered and ready to vote in 2006. You’ll find your state’s election information including how to register to vote and how to apply for an absentee ballot on this website which will last up to the November elections.
Since 1867, the Grange has been a strong advocating voice for rural communities and we hope to see Grangers organized to vote this year to keep their voices heard. This year you will see local, state, and federal elections at the polls that include entire U.S. House of Representatives, 33 U.S. Senate seats and 38 governors’ offices. Please go to vote and enjoy your democratic rights. Also, please help other Grange members as well as members of your community with voter registration and absentee voting by using the information this website provides.
Each state has a different policy for the voter registration. Please check with your state’s election information first to see what options you have as a way to register to vote. If you are unable to vote on election day, you may apply for an absentee ballot. Most states have made the voter registration form and the application for an absentee ballot available on the web with instructions on how to fill out and mail them. So save your time by using those online forms. Some of the following 
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Please see below to check out the state voter registration deadlines.
| Alabama |
Voter registration is closed during the ten days preceding an election. Applications must be postmarked or delivered by the eleventh day prior to the election. |
| Alaska |
30 days before the election. |
| Arizona |
29 days before the election. |
| Arkansas |
30 days before the election. |
| California |
15 days before the election. |
| Colorado |
29 days before the election. If the application is received in the mails without a postmark, it must be received within 5 days of the close of registration. |
| Connecticut |
14 days before the election. |
| Delaware |
20 days prior to the general election and 20 days prior to any primary election. |
| District of Columbia |
30 days before the election. |
| Florida |
29 days before the election. |
| Georgia |
The fifth Monday before any general primary, general election, or presidential preference primary, or regularly scheduled special election pursuant to the Georgia Election Code. In the event that a special election is scheduled on a date other that those dates prescribed by the Georgia Election Code, registration would close on the 5th day after the call. |
Hawaii |
30 days before the election. |
Idaho |
25 days before the election. |
Illinois |
28 days prior to each election. |
Hawaii |
30 days before the election. |
Idaho |
25 days before the election. |
Illinois |
28 days prior to each election. |
Indiana |
29 days before the election. |
Iowa |
Must be delivered by 5 p.m. 10 days before the election, if it is a state primary or general election; 11 days before all others. Registration forms which are postmarked 15 or more days before an election are considered on time even if received after the deadline. |
Kansas |
Delivered 15 days before the election. |
Kentucky |
29 days before the election. |
Louisiana |
30 days before the election. |
Maine |
Delivered 10 business days before the election (or a voter may register in-person up to and including election day). |
Maryland |
9:00 p.m. 21 days before the election. |
Massachusetts |
20 days before the election. |
Michigan |
30 days before the election. |
Minnesota |
Delivered by 5:00 p.m. 21 days before the election (there is also election day registration at polling places). |
Mississippi |
30 days before the election. |
Missouri |
28 days before the election. |
Montana |
30 days before the election. |
Nebraska |
The third Friday before the election (or delivered by 6 p.m. on the second Friday before the election). |
Nevada |
9:00 p.m. on the fifth Saturday before any primary or general election. 9:00 p.m. on the third Saturday before any recall or special election. However, if a recall or special election is held on the same day as a primary or general election, the registration closes at 9:00 p.m. on the fifth Saturday before the day for the elections. |
New Hampshire |
New Hampshire town and city clerks will accept this application only as a request for their own absentee voter mail-in registration form, which must be received by your city or town clerk by 10 days before the election. |
New Jersey |
29 days before the election. |
New Mexico |
28 days before the election. |
New York |
25 days before the election. |
North Carolina |
Postmarked 25 days before the election or received in the elections office or designated voter registration agency site by 5:00 p.m. 25 days before the election. |
North Dakota |
North Dakota does not have voter registration. |
Ohio |
30 days before the election. |
Oklahoma |
25 days before the election. |
Oregon |
21 days before the election. |
Pennsylvania |
30 days before an election or primary. |
Rhode Island |
30 days before the election. |
South Carolina |
30 days before the election. |
South Dakota |
Received 15 days before the election. |
Tennessee |
30 days before the election. |
Texas |
30 days before the election. |
Utah |
20 days before the election. |
Vermont |
Delivered to the town clerk before 12:00 noon on the second Saturday before the election. |
Virginia |
Delivered 29 days before the election. |
Washington |
30 days before the election (or delivered in-person to the local voter registration office 15 days before the election). |
West Virginia |
20 days before the election. |
Wisconsin |
For municipalities where voter registration is required, 13 days before the election (or completed in the local voter registration office up to 5:00 pm. 1 day before the election, or completed at the polling place on election day). |
Wyoming |
Wyoming by law, cannot accept this form unless State law is changed . |
You may also register to vote by using federal voter registration application. The “National Mail Voter Registration Form” is the one document that allows you to register to vote from anywhere in the United States.
Please note the following exceptions about the National Mail Voter Registration:
If you are a member of the Uniformed Services (on active duty) or a member of the Merchant Marine, or their eligible family member, or a U.S. citizen residing outside the U.S., the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) covers your voting rights. See details.
If you have any questions on the “ Grangers to Organized to Vote (GOTV) 2006” please contact Legislative Research Analyst Chil-Sook Hwang by e-mail: chwang@nationalgrange.org by phone: 1-888-4GRANGE, ext 109.
