Want to Vote Early? Check your State's Early Voting Dates.
Early voting effectively lengthens Election Day – it could be for a few days, or even for weeks. Voting early may even be the preferred method for you, depending on your state. Early voting allows you options to plan and schedule voting into your calendar. It can even help reduce stress when Election Day ends up not being the most convenient for you. Take a look at your options!
The following chart indicates which form of early voting is provided by your state together with the direct link to view your options to vote early or in-person absentee in the next upcoming federal or state level election in your state.
- For early voting dates and deadlines for all elections in your state, please see our Election Dates and Deadlines page.
- For Early Voting location listings, check the State Voting Requirements / State Lookup Tools section for your state.
- Some states do not have tools available for voters to look up Early Voting locations, or location listings for the whole state. If your state does not have an Early Voting Locations entry on our State Lookup Tools list, you can contact your Local Election Office for more details.
- Further information about Early Voting and how it works is available in our Guide to Early Voting in Your State - an Explainer from U.S. Vote Foundation
Notes:
(1) - All mail election. This state conducts elections entirely by mail. All registered voters should automatically receive a mail-in ballot.
For further information: See the Early Voting Explainer
Definitions:
EARLY VOTING (EV): Early voting usually refers to voting that takes place at specially designated early voting sites inside a voting booth.
IN-PERSON ABSENTEE VOTING (IPA): In-person absentee voting usually refers to going through the absentee balloting process in-person at a local election office.
While these two terms are often used interchangeably to refer to any voting done in-person before election day - most states only use one or the other.