how to register to vote

Who Can Use this Application

If you are a U.S citizen who or has an address within the United states, you can use the application in this booklet to:

• Register to vote in your State,

the United States and its territories and have no home

States citizen by birth or naturalization to register to vote

•First, read the Application Instructions. These

•Register with a political party.

Each State has its own deadline for registering to vote.

North Dakota does not have voter registration.

Please do not use this application if you live outside

instructions will give you important information that

office,

voter eligibility and any oath required for Box 9.

Each State has its own laws about who may register and

Check the deadline for your State on the last page of

Postcard Application available to you from military

vote. Check the information under your State in the

this booklet to:

office, or

Use these instructions to fill out Boxes 6, 7, and

bases, American embassies, or consular offices.

to falsely claim U.S. citizenship to register to vote in any

within the United States, you can use the application in

refer to these instructions for information about

application only as a request for their own absentee

If you are a U.S. citizen who lives or has an address

(legal) address in this country, or if you are in the

New Hampshire town and city clerks will accept this

Instructions to guide you in filling out the application.

Vote in Your State

Use both the Application Instructions and State

in federal and State elections. Federal law makes it illegal

How to Find Out If You Are Eligible to Register to

•Next, find your State under the State Instructions.

federal, State, or local election. You cannot be registered

•Report a change of address to your voter registration

military stationed away from home. Use the Federal

State Instructions. All States require that you be a United

voter mail‑in registration form.

to vote in more than one place at a time.

How to Fill Out this Application

Exceptions

applies to everyone using this application.

When to Register to Vote

•Report a change of name to your voter registration

this booklet.




How to Submit Your Application

printed from the computer image on regular paper

office. The States that are required to accept the

•A current and valid photo identification or

please keep the following in mind:

shows your name and address.

your jurisdiction and are mailing this registration

national form will accept copies of the application

If you are registering to vote for the first time in

voter registration form. If you wish to submit a COPY,

application in person to your local voter registration

requirements which may mandate you show

•Do not submit original documents with this

of identification the first time you vote. Proof of

•A current utility bill, bank statement, government

Voters may be exempt from this requirement if they

envelope with the correct postage.

Mail your application to the address listed under

check, paycheck or government document that

identification includes:

submit a COPY of this identification with their mail in

identification at the polling place even if you meet

your State in the State Instructions. Or, deliver the

First Time Voters Who Register by Mail

application, Federal law requires you to show proof

•Your state may have additional identification

the Federal proof of identification.

stock, signed by the applicant, and mailed in an

application, only COPIES.




APPLICATION INSTRUCTION

Before filling out the body of the form, please answer the questions on the top of the form as to whether you are a

United States citizen and whether you will be 18 years old on or before Election Day. If you answer no to either of these

questions, you may not use this form to register to vote. However, state specific instructions may provide additional

information on eligibility to register to vote prior to age 18.




Who Can Use this Application

Wyoming law does not permit mail registration.

•Register to vote in your State,

the United States and its territories and have no home

States citizen by birth or naturalization to register to vote

•First, read the Application Instructions. These

•Register with a political party.

Each State has its own deadline for registering to vote.

North Dakota does not have voter registration.

Please do not use this application if you live outside

instructions will give you important information that

office,

voter eligibility and any oath required for Box 9.

Each State has its own laws about who may register and

Check the deadline for your State on the last page of

Postcard Application available to you from military

vote. Check the information under your State in the

this booklet to:

office, or

Use these instructions to fill out Boxes 6, 7, and

bases, American embassies, or consular offices.

to falsely claim U.S. citizenship to register to vote in any

within the United States, you can use the application in

refer to these instructions for information about

application only as a request for their own absentee

If you are a U.S. citizen who lives or has an address

(legal) address in this country, or if you are in the

New Hampshire town and city clerks will accept this

Instructions to guide you in filling out the application.

Vote in Your State

Use both the Application Instructions and State

in federal and State elections. Federal law makes it illegal

How to Find Out If You Are Eligible to Register to

•Next, find your State under the State Instructions.

federal, State, or local election. You cannot be registered

•Report a change of address to your voter registration

military stationed away from home. Use the Federal

State Instructions. All States require that you be a United

voter mail‑in registration form.

to vote in more than one place at a time.

How to Fill Out this Application

Exceptions

applies to everyone using this application.

When to Register to Vote

•Report a change of name to your voter registration

this booklet.

Box 7 — Choice of Party

out if your State asks for this information, see item 8

If the applicant is unable to sign, put in Box D the

If you do not want to register with a party, write “no

Finally, sign your full name or make your mark, and

to administer the Federal Voting Rights Act. To find

A few States ask for your race or ethnic group, in order

•White, not of Hispanic Origin

your State.

•Other

this, see item 7 in the instructions under your State.

make sure that:

full name of the party of your choice.

“independent” if you mean “no party,” because this

(2) You understand all of Box 9.

If you want to register with a party, print in the box the

in the instructions under your State. If so, put in Box 8

want to take part in that party’s primary election,

party” or leave the box blank. Do not write in the word

vote in general elections and nonpartisan (nonparty)

Box 9 — Signature

•Hispanic

(1) You meet your State’s requirements, and

might be confused with the name of a political party in

•Asian or Pacific Islander

Note: If you do not register with a party, you can still

primary elections.

•Multi‑racial

caucus, or convention. To find out if your State requires

•Black, not of Hispanic Origin

print today’s date in this order — Month, Day, Year.

In some States, you must register with a party if you

Box 8 — Race or Ethnic Group

•American Indian or Alaskan Native

under your State. Before you sign or make your mark,

the choice that best describes you from the list below:

Review the information in item 9 in the instructions

name, address, and telephone number (optional) of the

person who helped the applicant.

Mailing address:

of-residence document to your

form and a copy of your proof

Mail your completed registration

https://myvote.wi.gov/en-US/

find your municipal clerk here:

municipal clerk’s office. You can

MyMunicipalClerk