Put Your Voting Plan in Place

Paralyzed Veterans and other people with disabilities regularly encounter accessibility barriers throughout the voting process. It is important as a voter with a disability to be knowledgeable about your voting access rights and to report violations when they occur. PVA 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. 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.

Steps to Making Your Voting Plan

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:

Confirm 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
Point out any accessibility barriers to facility
Contact your individual polling place to confirm processes that will be in place and accessibility needs
Adhere to deadlines and don’t wait
Be prepared to note any accessibility violations experienced day of for reporting

Voting Accessibility Resources

Check back often as we continue to update the Resource Center with important news and information on accessible voting for the 2024 election and beyond.

Early Voting Information Center

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	Ten days before election	Day before election
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