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Put your voting plan in place

Voting is one of our most important civil rights, but paralyzed Veterans and other people living with disabilities are faced with accessibility challenges. Paralyzed Veterans of America wants to ensure you have all the information you need to cast your vote safely and securely by helping you make your voting access plan.

Now more than ever, it is important that Veterans and all people living with disabilities are electing state, local and national officials that represent issues that are important to the disability and Veteran communities. Your vote counts and is important.

Understand your state’s laws and the voting options available to you by reviewing the chart below and clicking through to your state voting website. Each state has different voting methods available to residents. Be sure to check the deadline for each voting method and plan ahead.

There are 40 states that have enacted early voting for the presidential election. The chart below includes information on the time and deadlines for which early voting begins from state to state.

This page provides a state-by-state comparison of policies on early voting options. Voters should check with their local elections office or district clerk to find specific days and times that polling places are open since there may be fewer locations offered in some states this year. If you choose to vote in person, you may find your polling location by inputting your zip code or address. This information can be found through state websites linked below.

STEP 1: Determine your consideration factors:

  • Dexterity
  • Stamina
  • Vision
  • Hearing
  • Accessibility

STEP 2: Understand voting options available to you in your state:

  • Mail-in absentee voting
  • Early voting
  • Electronic voting
  • In-Person voting

STEP 3: Make your plan:

  • Make sure you are registered to vote
  • Understand deadlines for your preferred voting method
  • Complete all requested documentation
  • Do a trial run! If casting a ballot in person, visit your voting location to confirm accessibility
  • Contact your individual polling place to confirm processes that will be in place and accessibility needs
  • Adhere to deadlines and don’t wait

Voting Accessibility Resources

Check back often as we continue to update the Resource Center with important news and information on accessible voting for the 2023 election and beyond.

Early Voting Dates in Your State

State/Territory
Early Voting Begins
Early Voting Ends
Alaska
Fifteen days before election
Day of election
Arizona
Twenty-seven days before election
Friday before election
Arkansas
Fifteen days before election
5 p.m. Monday before election
California
Twenty-nine days before election
Day of election
Colorado
Voter service and polling centers must be open 15 days before an election.
Day of election
Connecticut
Fifteen days before election
Two days before election
Delaware
At least 10 days before an election
Sunday before election
District of Columbia
Twelve days before election
Saturday before election
Florida
Ten days before election
Three days before election
Georgia
Fourth Monday prior to a primary or election; as soon as possible prior to a runoff
Friday immediately prior to a primary, election or runoff
Guam
Thirty days before election
Five days before election
Hawaii
Ten business days prior to Election Day
7 p.m. on Election Day
Idaho
Third Monday before election (in-person absentee)
5 p.m., Friday before election
Illinois
Fortieth day before election for temporary polling locations and 15th day before election for permanent locations
End of the day before election day
Indiana
Twenty-eight days before election (in-person absentee)
Noon, day before election
Iowa
Twenty days before election (in-person absentee)
5 p.m., day before election
Kansas
Twenty days before election or Tuesday before election (varies by county)
Noon, day before election
Kentucky
Thursday before election.
Saturday before election.
Louisiana
Fourteen days before election
Seven days before election
Maine
In-person absentee voting available as soon as absentee ballots are ready
Three business days before election, unless the voter has an acceptable excuse
Maryland
On the second Thursday before an election
Thursday before an election
Massachusetts
Seventeen days before election for state biennial elections; 10 days before election for presidential or state primaries.
Four days before an election
Michigan
Nine days before an election
Sunday before an election
Minnesota
Forty-six days before election (in-person absentee)
5 p.m. the day before election
Missouri
The second Tuesday before an election
Not specified
Montana
Thirty days before election (in-person absentee)
Day before election
Nebraska
Thirty days before each election
Election Day
Nevada
Third Saturday preceding election
Friday before election
New Jersey
Ten days before the election, but in-person absentee voting begins forty-five days before the election
Sunday before election
New Mexico
Twenty-eight days before an election at a clerk's office; on the third Saturday before an election for alternate locations
Saturday before election
New York
Tenth day before election
Second day before an election
North Carolina
Third Thursday before election
3 p.m. on the last Saturday before election
North Dakota
Fifteen days before election
Day before election
Ohio
Twenty-nine days before election (in-person absentee)
2 p.m. Monday before election
Oklahoma
Wednesday preceding an election (in-person absentee)
2 p.m. on the Saturday before election
Oregon
Drop sites must open the Friday before an election, but may open as soon as ballots are available (18 days before).
Day of election
Pennsylvania
Fifty days before election (in-person absentee)
5 p.m. first Tuesday prior to day of election
Puerto Rico
Not specified
On or before election day
Rhode Island
Twenty days before election (in-person absentee)
Day before election
South Carolina
Two weeks before Election Day
Day before election
South Dakota
Forty-six days before election (in-person absentee)
5 p.m. the day before the election
Tennessee
Twenty days before election
Five days before election (seven days for a presidential preference primary)
Texas
Seventeen days before election
Four days prior to election
Utah
Fourteen days before election Note: Utah conducts elections primarily by mail.
Friday before election, though an election official may choose to extend the early voting period to the day before the election
Vermont
Forty-five days before election
5 p.m. day before election
U.S. Virgin Islands
Fourteen days before an election
Three days before an election
Virginia
Forty-five days before election
5 p.m. Saturday before election
Washington
Eighteen days before an election
8 p.m. on day of election.
West Virginia
Thirteen days before election
Three days before election
Wisconsin
Fourteen days preceding the election (in-person absentee)
Sunday preceding the election
Wyoming
Forty days before election (in-person absentee)
Day before election

Contents of this page have been adapted from the National Conference of State Legislatures webpage on State Laws Governing Early Voting.