Ready to plan your vote?

Click each hyperlink below to access resources on how, where, and when to vote:

• General Election guidance (click here)
• Washingtonians: How to vote in DC and check your voter registration status (click here)
• Marylanders: How to vote in MD and check your voter registration status (click here)
• Virginians: How to vote in VA and check your voter registration status (click here)
• Voter Identification Requirements | Voter ID Laws (click here)
• COVID-19 guidance from CDC for in-person voting (click here)
• How to find your polling locatioin (click here)
• Upcoming Voter registration events in DC (click here)
• How to become a poll worker (click here)

District of Columbia

All active registered voters will be sent a Mail-In-Ballot (absentee ballot) at their registered address beginning the first week in October.

Registration deadlines:

• Online: Oct. 13
• By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 13
• In-person: Nov. 3

Mail-in/absentee ballot deadlines:

• Request: Oct. 27
• Return by Mail: Postmarked by Nov. 3
• Return in person: Nov. 3 by 8 pm

Early voting:

• Oct. 27 to Nov. 2

Maryland

To vote by mail, you must request a Mail-in Ballot (absentee ballot) from the State Board of Elections or from your local board. Your request for a mail-in ballot must be received by Oct. 20. Mail-in ballots must be postmarked or placed in a designated drop box by 8 pm on Nov. 3.

Registration deadlines:

• Online: Oct. 13
• By Mail: Postmarked by Oct. 13
• In-person: Oct. 13

Mail-in/absentee ballot deadlines:

• Request: Oct. 20
• Return by Mail: Postmarked by Nov. 3
• Return in-person: Nov. 3 by 8 pm

Early voting:

• Oct. 26 to Nov. 2

Virginia

To request an absentee ballot, you may download and complete it from the Virginia Department of Elections website and drop it off at any drop-off location in your county or city. There is a drop-off location at your local registrar’s office at every voter satellite office in your county or city, and on Election Day at each polling place in your county or city. If you drop off your absentee ballot, it must be returned in the sealed envelopes that are provided.

Registration deadlines:

• Online: Oct. 13
• By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 13
• In-person: Oct. 13

Mail-in/absentee ballot deadlines:

• Request: Oct. 23
• Return by Mail: Postmarked by Nov. 3
• Return in person: Nov. 3 by 7 pm

Early voting:

• Sep. 18 to Oct. 31