U.S. state early voting options

When U.S. President Donald Trump faces Democrat Joe Biden in November’s presidential election, voters in most states will have already had the chance to cast their ballot early

EARLY VOTING START DATES (early voting may vary by county)

September
14	Pennsylvania (PA)
18	Minnesota (MN) 
	South Dakota (SD) 
	Virginia (VA) 
	Wyoming (WY)
19 	New Jersey (NJ)
21 	Vermont (VT)
24 	Illinois (IL) 
	Michigan (MI)

October
5 	California (CA) 
	Iowa (IA)
  	Maine (ME) 
	Montana (MT) 
	Nebraska (NE)
6 	Indiana (IN)
	New Mexico (NM) 
	Ohio (OH)
7 	Arizona (AZ)
12 	Georgia (GA)
13 	Texas (TX)
14 	Kansas (KS) 
	Rhode Island (RI) 
	Tennessee (TN)
15 	North Carolina (NC)
16 	Louisiana (LA) 
	Washington (WA)
17 	Massachusetts (MA) 
	Nevada (NV)
19 	Alaska (AK) 
	Arkansas (AR) 
	Colorado (CO)
	Florida (FL)
	Idaho (ID)
	North Dakota (ND)
20 	Hawaii (HI) 
	Wisconsin (WI) 
	Utah (UT)
21	West Virginia (WV)
24 	New York (NY) 
26 	Maryland (MD)
27 	District of Columbia (DC)
29 	Oklahoma (OK)


Early voting (EV)
In-person vote allowed at designated sites on specific dates

In-person absentee
Postal vote may be delivered in person at designated drop sites

Vote-by-mail with EV options: Primary voting method is return of postal vote by mail


WA
OR*
CA
NV
AK
MT
ID
WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
HI
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MI
IN
OH
KY
TN
MS
AL
ME
NH
VT
NY
PA
WV
VA
NC
SC
GA
FL
MA
RI 
CT
NJ
DE† 
MD
DC

No early voting options
                  
*Oregon drop sites may open as soon as ballots are available (18 days before election)

†Delaware has enacted early voting but it will not be in place until 2022 


Sources: NCSL, Reuters 
Picture: Associated Press 
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