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(17,295 posts) Fri Sep 23, 2022, 09:43 AM Sep 2022

46 Days Until Midterm Election Day! Upcoming Deadlines and Voting Info

Begin General Election Season

IMPORTANT: it’s crucial that everyone read well ahead on these dates, as there are many “received-by” dates that could be missed if one waits until the last minute. For example, in Louisiana the absentee ballot request deadline is only 3 days before the absentee ballot deadline, so one has to mail something in TWICE in the last week before Election Day. I would advise starting the process at least two weeks before the deadlines. Remember, we’re dealing with DeJoy’s postal system!

September 23 (Today):
Minnesota, Wyoming: in-person absentee voting begins

South Dakota: in-person absentee voting begins (dates and times vary by location; call your local elections office)

September 24 (Tomorrow):
Louisiana, Vermont: in-person absentee voting begins

September 27 (next Tuesday):
Missouri: in-person absentee voting begins

September 28 (next Wednesday):
January 6th Committee Hearing, 1:00 p.m. EDT

September 29:
Illinois: early voting available at Election Authority Office

New Hampshire: “Voter registration deadlines vary by locality. Contact your Town Clerk.”

North Dakota: “Early voting dates vary by county. Contact your local elections office.”

Pennsylvania: “In-person absentee voting available. Contact your local elections office for dates and times.”

Virginia: “In-person absentee voting available. Contact your local elections office for dates and times.”

October 7:
Alaska, Rhode Island: voter registration deadline

South Carolina: voter registration deadline (in person only)

October 8:
Mississippi: voter registration deadline (postmarked by this date)

October 10:
Mississippi: voter registration deadline (in-person only)

California: early voting begins

October 11:
Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas: voter registration deadline (includes received-by dates in many states, so best to mail this in well in advance!)

Maine, New Mexico: early voting begins

Montana, Nebraska: in-person absentee voting begins

October 12:
Missouri: voter registration deadline (this includes received-by date for mail-in requests, so best to mail it in well in advance)

Arizona: early voting begins

Indiana, Ohio: in-person absentee voting begins

October 14:
Idaho, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma: voter registration deadline (this includes received-by date for mail-in requests, so best to mail it in well in advance)

October 15:
Delaware: voter registration deadline (this includes received-by date for mail-in requests, so best to mail it in well in advance)

October 17:
Virginia: voter registration deadline (postmarked by this date for mail-in requests)

Georgia: early voting begins

October 18:
D.C., Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, West Virginia: voter registration deadline (this includes received-by date for mail-in requests, so best to mail it in well in advance)

Louisiana: voter registration deadline (online only)

Rhode Island: absentee ballot request deadline

D.C.: last day to change party affiliation

October 19:
Massachusetts, Wisconsin: voter registration deadline
(Per Greybnk48: Wisconsin deadlines pertain only to absentee and mail-in voting. You can register on Election Day, just be sure to bring proper I.D.)

Iowa: in-person absentee voting begins

Rhode Island, Tennessee: early voting begins

Kansas: early voting begins (dates vary by county; contact your local election office)

October 20:
North Carolina: Same-day registration and early voting begins (Note: same-day registration is available ONLY during the early voting period in North Carolina, NOT on Election Day)

October 21:
Nebraska: voter registration deadline

Maine: absentee ballot request deadline (the actual deadline is Nov. 3, but the ballot must be filled out and postmarked by Nov. 1!)

Washington: early voting begins

October 22:
Massachusetts: early voting begins

Nevada: same-day registration and voting begins

Nevada: early voting begins

October 23:
Illinois: online voter registration deadline

October 24:
Alabama, California, Iowa, Michigan, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Wyoming: voter registration deadline (NOTE: in many states, this is a received-by date, so best to mail in well in advance!)

D.C.: absentee ballot request deadline

Iowa, Oklahoma: absentee ballot request deadline (received-by date, so best to mail in well in advance!)

New York: absentee ballot request deadline - email, online, fax or mail (postmarked by this date)

South Carolina: early voting begins in the Election Office, thru November 5 (except Sunday, Oct. 30)

Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Texas: early voting begins

Alaska: in-person absentee voting begins

October 25:
Kentucky, Nevada: absentee ballot request deadline (RECEIVED-by date, so best to mail in well in advance!)

Hawaii, Louisiana, Utah: early voting begins

Wisconsin: early voting begins (“Dates vary by county. Call you local elections office.”)

Michigan, Wyoming: same-day registration and voting begins

October 26:
Missouri: absentee ballot request deadline (RECEIVED-by date, so best to mail in well in advance!)

West Virginia: early voting begins

October 27:
Indiana: absentee postal ballot request deadline

Maryland: early voting begins

October 28:
Utah: voter registration deadline

Nebraska: in-person voter registration, received-by deadline

Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia: absentee ballot request deadline (received-by date, so best to mail in well in advance!)

Louisiana: absentee ballot request deadline (the actual deadline is Nov. 4, but the ballot must be filled out and RECEIVED by Nov. 7!)

New Hampshire: absentee ballot request deadline (the actual deadline is Nov. 7, but the ballot must be filled out and RECEIVED by Nov. 8!)

North Dakota: absentee ballot request deadline (the actual deadline is Nov. 7, but the ballot must be filled out and postmarked by Nov. 7!)

South Dakota: absentee ballot request deadline (the actual deadline is Nov. 7, but the ballot must be filled out and RECEIVED by Nov. 8!)

Vermont: absentee ballot request deadline (the actual deadline is Nov. 7, but the ballot must be filled out and RECEIVED by Nov. 8!)

Washington: absentee ballot request deadline (the actual deadline is Nov. 8, but the ballot must be filled out and RECEIVED by Nov. 8!)

Wyoming: absentee ballot request deadline, in-person (the actual deadline is Nov. 7, but the ballot must be filled out and RECEIVED by Nov. 8!)

D.C.: early voting begins

October 29:
Massachusetts: voter registration deadline

Florida: absentee ballot request deadline

Alaska: postal absentee ballot request deadline

Delaware, New Jersey, New York: early voting begins

Florida: early voting begins (beginning and ending dates varies by county; call your local elections office)

October 31:
Colorado, Hawaii, Washington: voter registration deadline (received-by date, so best to mail in well in advance!)

November 1:
Connecticut: voter registration deadline

Alabama, Arkansas, California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah: absentee ballot request deadline (in many states this is a received-by deadline, so best to mail this in well in advance!)

Maine: absentee ballot return deadline (postmarked by this date)

Kansas: absentee ballot request deadline (mail-in)

Arizona: (recommended) absentee ballot return date

Louisiana: early voting ends

November 2:
West Virginia: absentee ballot request deadline

Oklahoma: early voting begins

November 3:
New Mexico, Oregon, Wisconsin: absentee ballot request deadline (Received-by date, so best to mail this in well in advance!)

Alabama: absentee ballot request, in-person deadline

Illinois: absentee ballot request deadline (online and mail)

Kentucky: in-person absentee voting begins

Maine, Maryland, Tennessee: early voting ends

November 4:
Arkansas, Montana: in-person absentee ballot request deadline

Maryland: absentee ballot request deadline (online)

Louisiana, Michigan: absentee ballot request deadline (Received-by date, so best to mail this in WELL in advance!)

Wisconsin: voter registration deadline (in-person) (Per Greybnk48: Wisconsin deadlines pertain only to absentee and mail-in voting. You can register on Election Day, just be sure to bring proper I.D.)

Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Massachusetts, Nevada, Texas, Utah: early voting ends

November 5:
Ohio: absentee ballot request deadline, 12 noon (Received-by date, so best to mail this in WELL in advance!)

Virginia: absentee ballot request deadline (in-person only)

Florida: early voting ends (date varies by county; call your local elections office)

North Carolina: same-day registration and early voting ends

New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, West Virginia: early voting ends

Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia: in-person absentee voting ends

November 6:
Delaware, New Jersey, New York: early voting ends

November 7:
Georgia, Louisiana: absentee ballot deadline (must be RECEIVED by this date! So, best to mail this in well in advance!)

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, North Dakota, Ohio: absentee ballot deadline, must be postmarked by this date NOTE: best to mail this in well in advance! (Must be received by noon November 8 in Alabama and Arkansas, and 8 p.m. November 9 in Connecticut!)

Wyoming: absentee ballot return (in-person only) by 7 p.m.

Alaska: request for online or fax ballot deadline

Delaware, Minnesota: absentee ballot request deadline

Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York: absentee ballot request deadline (in-person)

Indiana: absentee ballot request deadline (in-person); the deadline is 12 noon

Arkansas, California, D.C., Illinois, Kansas, Rhode Island: early voting ends

Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, Vermont: in-person absentee voting ends

November 8:

GENERAL ELECTION DAY

California, Colorado, Connecticut, D.C., Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming: same-day voter registration

California, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin: Absentee ballot return deadline; must be RECEIVED by this date – so best to mail this in well in advance!

Alaska, D.C., Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Utah, West Virginia: absentee ballot return deadline, must be postmarked by this date

Minnesota: absentee ballot hand-delivered by 3 p.m.

North Carolina: absentee ballot hand-delivered by 5 p.m.

Nevada: absentee ballot hand-delivered by 7 p.m.

New Mexico: absentee ballot hand-delivered by 7 p.m.

Ohio: absentee ballot hand-delivered by 7:30 p.m.

Montana: absentee ballot hand-delivered by 8 p.m.

New Jersey: absentee ballot hand-delivered by 8 p.m.

Alaska: email, online, or fax ballot return deadline 8 p.m.

Florida: mail ballot pickup from election office deadline

Louisiana primaries

Note: the above is for general public voters. For military and overseas voters, check the info on this page (click the “Display Overseas/Military Election Dates & Deadlines” checkbox):
https://www.usvotefoundation.org/vote/state-elections/state-election-dates-deadlines.htm

2022 Primaries and midterm elections calendar:
https://www.270towin.com/2022-election-calendar/

Details about the primaries and midterms:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/26/politics/key-dates-2022-midterm-election/index.html

Get your Election Day countdown clock here (it counts down to both the 2022 and 2024 elections):
https://www.270towin.com/2024-countdown-clock/

Links to GOTV fundraising and other Democratic Party efforts:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217171750

Contribute to battleground congressional races!
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217161052

What very well could happen if the GQP is not stopped:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1545032774440157189.html

[Note: I will be out-of-town without my laptop from September 29 through October 10, so I won’t be posting during that time. I’ll resume my posts by October 11.]