Alabama | 3,814,879 | Absentee/mail-in voting eligibility requirements suspended, allowing all voters to cast ballots by mail in the November 3, 2020, general election. |
Alaska | 551,562 | Witness requirement suspended. |
Arizona | 5,638,481 | Voter registration deadline extended to October 15, 2020. |
Arkansas | 2,317,649 | Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) and Secretary of State John Thurston (R) announced that voters in the November 3, 2020, general election would be allowed to cite concerns over COVID-19 as a valid excuse for voting absentee. Hutchinson subsequently issued an executive order formalizing this policy change. |
California | 30,617,582 | Mail-in ballots sent automatically to all voters in the November 3, 2020, general election. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed SB 423 into law, authorizing counties to consolidate polling places in the November 3, 2020, general election, among other modifications to administration procedures |
Colorado | 4,499,217 | N/A |
Connecticut | 2,837,847 | Mail-in ballot applications sent automatically to all voters in the November 3, 2020, general election. Absentee/mail-in voting eligibility extended to any voter in the November 3, 2020, general election. |
Delaware | 770,192 | Mail-in ballot applications sent automatically to all voters in the November 3, 2020, general election. |
Florida | 17,247,808 | Voter registration deadline extended to October 6, 2020. |
Georgia | 8,113,542 | N/A |
Hawaii | 1,116,004 | N/A |
Idaho | 1,338,864 | N/A |
Illinois | 9,853,946 | Mail-in ballot applications sent to all registered voters in the November 3, 2020, general election who cast ballots in the 2018 general election, the 2019 consolidated election, or the 2020 primary election. |
Indiana | 5,164,245 | N/A |
Iowa | 2,428,229 | Mail-in ballot applications sent automatically to all voters in the November 3, 2020, general election. |
Kansas | 2,213,064 | N/A |
Kentucky | 3,464,802 | Absentee/mail-in voting eligibility requirements suspended, allowing all voters "concerned with contracting or spreading COVID-19" to cast ballots by mail in the November 3, 2020, general election. Early voting available Monday through Saturday beginning October 13, 2020. Affidavit option for voter ID requirement implemented for the November 3, 2020, general election. |
Louisiana | 3,561,164 | Absentee/mail-in voting eligibility extended to the following voters in the November 3, 2020 general election: those at higher risk because of serious medical conditions, those subject to a 'medically necessary quarantine or isolation order,' those advised by a health provider to self-quarantine, those experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 and seeking a medical diagnosis, and those caring for an individual who is subject to a quarantine order and has been advised to self-quarantine. |
Maine | 1,095,370 | The voter pre-registration deadline in the November 3, 2020, general election was extended to October 19, 2020. |
Maryland | 4,710,993 | Mail-in ballot applications sent automatically to all voters in the November 3, 2020, general election. State board of elections to operate a limited number of centralized voting centers in lieu of precinct polling places for in-person voting in the November 3, 2020, general election. |
Massachusetts | 5,539,703 | Absentee/mail-in voting eligibility extended to all qualified voters in the November 3, 2020, general election. |
Michigan | 7,842,924 | Mail-in ballot applications sent automatically to all voters in the November 3, 2020, general election. |
Minnesota | 4,336,475 | The absentee/mail-in ballot postmark deadline for the general election was extended to November 3, 2020. Witness requirements for absentee/mail-in ballots cast in the general election were suspended. |
Mississippi | 2,277,566 | Absentee/mail-in ballot postmark deadline extended to November 3, 2020, for the November 3, 2020, election; receipt deadline extended to November 8, 2020. Absentee voting eligibility extended to individuals under physician-ordered quarantine and individuals caring for dependents under quarantine. |
Missouri | 4,766,843 | Gov. Mike Parson (R) signed SB631 into law, permitting any registered voter to cast an absentee ballot in any 2020 election, subject to a notarization requirement. Individuals who have contracted COVID-19, and those who are at higher risk for contracting the virus, are exempted from the notarization requirement. |
Montana | 840,190 | Counties authorized to send mail-in ballots automatically to all voters in the November 3, 2020, general election. |
Nebraska | 1,458,334 | Mail-in ballot applications sent automatically to all voters in the November 3, 2020, general election. |
Nevada | 2,387,517 | Mail-in ballots sent automatically to all voters in the November 3, 2020, general election. |
New Hampshire | 1,104,458 | Absentee/mail-in voting eligibility in the November 3, 2020, general election extended to any voter who is unable to vote in person because of illness resulting from COVID-19 or 'who fears that voting in person may expose himself/herself or others to COVID-19.' |
New Jersey | 6,943,612 | Mail-in ballots sent automatically to all voters in the November 3, 2020, general election. Receipt deadline for ballots postmarked on or before Election Day extended to November 9, 2020. Receipt deadline for ballots without postmarks set as November 5, 2020. |
New Mexico | 1,620,991 | Counties authorized to send mail-in ballot applications automatically to all voters in the November 3, 2020, election. |
New York | 15,425,262 | Absentee/mail-in voting eligibility in the November 3, 2020, general election extended to any voter 'unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which they are a qualified voter because there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease causing illness to the voter or to other members of the public.' Online portal launched for absentee ballot requests in the November 3, 2020, general election. Absentee ballot return drop boxes available for the November 3, 2020, general election. Ballot curing provisions expanded. |
North Carolina | 8,187,369 | Witness signature requirement for completed absentee ballots reduced from two to one for 2020 elections. Absentee/mail-in ballot receipt deadline extended to 5 p.m. on November 12, 2020, for ballots postmarked on or before Election Day. Karen Brinson Bell, the executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, issued an emergency order mandating a number of modifications to in-person voting in the November 3, 2020, general election. |
North Dakota | 581,891 | N/A |
Ohio | 9,111,081 | Election officials required to accept absentee ballot applications submitted via fax or email. |
Oklahoma | 3,004,733 | Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed SB210 into law, reinstating the absentee ballot notarization requirement struck down by the state supreme court on May 4, 2020. The legislation permitted voters to submit copies of their identification in lieu of having the ballot notarized in the event of a state of emergency occurring within 45 days of an election. The legislation also specified that individuals experiencing symptoms indicative of COVID-19, and individuals classified as vulnerable to infection, could cast an absentee ballot under the 'physical incapacitation' eligibility criterion. |
Oregon | 3,351,175 | N/A |
Pennsylvania | 10,167,376 | Prepaid return postage provided for mail-in and absentee ballots in the November 3, 2020, general election. Absentee/mail-in ballot receipt deadline extended to November 6, 2020 (with a postmark deadline of November 3, 2020, or no proof that the ballot was sent after that date). Drop boxes for returning completed absentee/mail-in ballots authorized. |
Rhode Island | 854,866 | Mail-in ballot applications sent automatically to all voters in the November 3, 2020, general election. Witness/notary requirements for mail-in ballots suspended for the November 3, 2020, general election. |
South Carolina | 4,037,531 | Absentee/mail-in voting eligibility extended to all active registered voters in the November 3, 2020, general election. Prepaid postage provided for all returned ballots in the November 3, 2020, general election. In-person absentee voting (i.e., early voting) set to begin October 5, 2020, and end November 2, 2020. |
South Dakota | 667,558 | N/A |
Tennessee | 5,319,123 | Absentee/mail-in ballot eligibility in the November 3, 2020, general election extended to 'individuals with a special vulnerability to COVID-19' and 'caretakers for individuals with a special vulnerability to COVID-19.' Policy requiring that first-time voters to vote in person temporarily suspended. |
Texas | 21,596,071 | Early voting period for the November 3, 2020, general election extended by six days to open on October 13, 2020, instead of October 19, 2020, as originally scheduled. Voters required to be notified if their absentee ballots might be rejected due to signature mismatch; officials required to give such voters a 'meaningful opportunity to cure' their ballots. Absentee/mail-in return locations limited to one per county. |
Utah | 2,274,774 | Gov. Gary Herbert (R) signed legislation that made several changes to administration procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election (including the requirement that counties provide some form of in-person Election Day and early voting). |
Vermont | 509,984 | Mail-in ballots sent automatically to all voters in the November 3, 2020, general election. |
Virginia | 6,674,671 | A federal court approved a partial settlement suspending the witness requirement for absentee ballots cast in the November 3, 2020, general election. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) signed into law legislation providing for the use of drop-boxes and prepaid absentee/mail-in ballot return postage in the November 3, 2020, general election. Voter registration deadline extended to October 15, 2020. |
Washington | 5,951,832 | N/A |
Washington, D. C. | 684,498 | Absentee/mail-in ballots sent automatically to all voters in the November 3, 2020, general election. |
West Virginia | 1,432,580 | Absentee/mail-in ballot eligibility in the November 3, 2020, general election extended to all voters 'concerns about their health and safety because of COVID-19.' Secretary of State Mac Warner (R) also announced the implementation of an online absentee/mail-in ballot request portal for the general election. |
Wisconsin | 4,555,837 | Mail-in ballot applications sent automatically to most voters in the November 3, 2020, general election. |
Wyoming | 445,025 | N/A |