The
National Voter Registration Form
The National Mail Voter Registration Form allows you to register
to vote from anywhere in the United States. Be sure to follow the General Instructions,
as well as the specific instructions for your State, contained in the PDF download.
Visit the Election
Assistance Commission website for more information.
Who Can Use the NVR Form
If you are a U.S. citizen who lives or has an address within the United States,
you can use this form to:
- Register to vote in your
State
- Report a change of name
to your voter registration office
- Report a change of address
to your voter registration office
- Register with a political
party
- Not all states accept
the NVR form printed on white paper, make sure to verify that your state will
accept this form. State instructions are included at the end of the form.
- Exceptions:
North Dakota does not have voter registration; Wyoming, by State law, cannot
accept the National Form; and New Hampshire town and city clerks will accept
the National Form only as a request for their own mail-in absentee voter registration
form.
Please do not use this application
if you live outside the United States and its territories and have no home (legal)
address in this country, or if you are in the military stationed away from home.
Use the Federal Postcard Application available to you from military bases, American
embassies, or consular offices.
Eligibility
Each State has its own laws about who may register and vote.
Note: All States require
that you be a United States citizen by birth or naturalization to register to
vote in federal and State elections. Federal law makes it illegal to falsely
claim US citizenship to register to vote in any federal, State or local election.
Also Note: You cannot be registered to vote in more than one place at a time.
Where can I register
to vote in my local town?
Registration applications may be obtained from either the local election
official in your county or city, or through registration outreach programs sponsored
by such groups as the League of Women Voters. In addition, you can also register
to vote when applying for a driver’s license or identity card at State
DMV or driver's licensing offices, State offices providing public assistance,
State offices providing State-funded programs for the disabled, and at armed
forces recruitment offices.
Many States also offer registration
opportunities at public libraries, post offices, unemployment offices, and at
public high schools and universities. Colleges, universities, and trade schools
participating in federal student loan programs also offer voter registration
applications to enrolled students prior to general elections.
