PSA — 15 states with October 15/16/17th voter registration deadline
In the United States, most states require that you register to vote as a separate step from the actual act of voting. To make matters worse, 1) there’s not always a super easy way to know whether you are registered properly, and 2) the voter registration deadline is different by state, with many of them being ~1 month ahead of election day.
As a result, 30–40% of eligible voters fail to even *register to vote* each election season!
Fifteen states have Oct 15/16/17/19th deadlines. I’ve provided each of those states’ registration websites below (or vote.org for states without online registration).
Please, please, please use these links to check if you’re registered, and share them widely with friends & family. It takes < 5(!!!) minutes and ensures you’re able to vote in what is shaping up to be one of the most important midterm elections of our time:
- District of Columbia — https://www.vote4dc.com/ApplyInstructions/Register (Oct 16th)
- Kansas — https://www.kdor.ks.gov/apps/voterreg/default.aspx (Oct 16th)
- Louisiana — https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/Pages/OnlineVoterRegistration.aspx (Oct 16th)
- Maine — https://www.vote.org/register-to-vote/maine/ (Oct 16th)
- Maryland — https://voterservices.elections.maryland.gov/OnlineVoterRegistration/InstructionsStep1 (Oct 16th)
- Massachusetts — https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/ (Oct 16th)
- Minnesota — https://mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us/VoterRegistration/VoterRegistrationMain.aspx (Oct 16th)
- Nebraska — https://www.nebraska.gov/apps-sos-voter-registration/ (Oct 19th)
- Nevada — https://www.nvsos.gov/sosvoterservices/Registration/Step0.aspx (Oct 16th)
- New Jersey — https://www.vote.org/register-to-vote/new-jersey/ (Oct 16th)
- Oregon — https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/vr/register.do?lang=eng&source=SOS (Oct 16th)
- South Carolina — https://info.scvotes.sc.gov/eng/ovr/start.aspx (Oct 17th)
- Virginia — https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/Registration/Eligibility (Oct 15th)
- West Virginia — https://ovr.sos.wv.gov/Register/Landing (Oct 16th)
- Wisconsin — https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/RegisterToVote (Oct 17th)
Please share widely — ensuring that the people around you are registered to vote is a small way in which you can feel empowered and helpful in affecting the outcome of this election!
And if you’re looking for additional ways to get involved, check out Crush the Midterms (https://www.crushthemidterms.org/) — it’s an easy/fun/free website that helps you figure out the best way for you personally to make an impact this election season!