Key Dates
Election Day is Tuesday, November 5, 2024
New York State Specific
| October 26 | Deadline to register to vote and request an absentee ballot |
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October 26-November 3 |
Early Voting Period |
| November 5 | Election Day; Deadline to mail in your absentee ballot |
U.S. General Election Registration
| October 5 | Alaska |
| October 7 | Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana (by mail), Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas |
| October 8 | Illinois (by mail) |
| October 11 | Idaho, North Carolina (by mail), Oklahoma, |
| October 15 | District of Columbia (by mail), Kansas, Maine (by mail), Maryland (by mail), Minnesota (by mail), New Jersey (by mail), Oregon, Virginia (by mail), West Virginia |
| October 18 | Nebraska (by mail) |
| October 21 | Alabama, California, Iowa, Michigan (by mail), Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Wyoming (by mail) |
| October 25 | Nebraska (in-person), Utah (by mail) |
| October 26 | Massachusetts, New York, |
| October 28 | Hawaii (by mail), Washington (by mail) |
| November 5 | Election Day |
Deadline to Request By-Mail/Absentee Ballot
| October 15 | Rhode Island |
| October 16 | District of Columbia |
| October 21 | Iowa, Oklahoma |
| October 22 | Kentucky, New Mexico |
| October 23 | Missouri |
| October 24 | Florida, Indiana |
| October 25 | Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Nebraska, South Carolina, Texas |
| October 26 | Alaska, New York |
| October 28 | Virginia |
| October 29 | Alabama, Arkansas, California (provided to all residents), Hawaii, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee |
| October 30 | West Virginia |
| October 31 | Illinois, Maine, Wisconsin |
| November 1 | Delaware, Louisiana, Michigan |
| November 4 | Connecticut, Montana, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Wyoming |
Vote-By-Mail Begins
| September 6 | North Carolina |
| September 11 | Alabama |
| September 16 | Kentucky, Pennsylvania |
| September 20 | Minnesota, New York, South Dakota, Virginia, West Virginia |
| September 21 | Idaho, Louisiana, New Jersey |
| September 23 | Maryland, Mississippi, Vermont |
| September 24 | Missouri |
| September 26 | Illinois, Michigan, North Dakota |
| September 30 | District of Columbia, Nebraska |
| October 6 | Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, South Carolina |
| October 7 | California, Georgia, Ohio |
| October 8 | New Mexico, Wyoming |
| October 9 | Arizona |
| October 11 | Alaska, Colorado, Montana |
| October 15 | Utah |
| October 16 | Iowa, Kansas, Oregon |
| October 18 | Washington |
Postmark/Return Deadline
| November 5 (Postmarked) | Alaska, California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia |
| November 5 (Returned) | Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming |
Early Voting Begins
| September 20 | Virginia |
| September 26 | Illinois |
| October 7 | California |
| October 8 | Indiana, New Mexico, Ohio |
| October 9 | Arizona |
| October 15 | Georgia |
| October 16 | Kansas, Rhode Island, Tennessee |
| October 17 | North Carolina |
| October 18 | Louisiana |
| October 19 | Massachusetts, Nevada |
| October 21 | Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, North Dakota, South Carolina, Texas |
| October 22 | Hawaii, Missouri, Utah |
| October 23 | West Virginia |
| October 24 | Maryland |
| October 25 | Delaware |
| October 26 | Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, New York |
| October 28 | District of Columbia |
| October 30 | Oklahoma |
| October 31 | Kentucky |
Early Voting Ends
| October 29 | Louisiana |
| October 31 | Maryland, Tennessee |
| November 1 | Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Massachusetts, Texas, Utah |
| November 2 | Florida, Kentucky, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia |
| November 3 | Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Michigan, New Jersey, New York |
| November 4 | Alaska, Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Rhode Island |
| Election Day | California, Colorado, Hawaii |
Questions? Contact Matthew J. Camp, Director of Government Relations & Community Engagement, at camp@tc.edu.