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Address Changes and Student Voting by state
Compare Address Changes and Student Voting across states and jurisdictions, with links back to each full state voting guide.
Last reviewed: August 14, 2026. Generated from Can I Vote JSON voting-guide models.
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| Alabama | Movers/college students Voting | You must contact the Board of Registrars and submit an update to your voter registration record. Remember, where you live determines who represents you. To be sure you are voting on candidates in the correct district, it is important that you vote in the... |
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| Alaska | Movers AND College Students Voting | Address change and student voting information for Alaska. |
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| American Samoa | Movers/college students Voting | Address change and student voting information for American Samoa. |
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| Arizona | Movers/college students Voting | Address change and student voting information for Arizona. |
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| Arkansas | Movers AND College Students Voting | Address change and student voting information for Arkansas. |
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| California | Movers and college students Voting | As a Californian living away from home while attending a college, trade school or technical school, you may choose to register to vote using your home away from home address you use while at school or your traditional home address. |
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| Colorado | Movers/college students Voting | As a student, you have a constitutional right to register and vote. You have a choice about where to register to vote either at your campus address or choose to remain registered or register at your permanent or home address. But before you make the important... |
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| Connecticut | Movers/college students Voting | Your StudentnID is one of the many types of accepted IDs.nYour identification must fit one of the following requirements for it to be accepted as a valid form of ID at the polls:. |
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| Delaware | Movers/college students Voting | As soon as you move, it is your responsibility to notify the Department of Elections for your county. They will update your records and supply you with new information about your polling place, etc. If you are still waiting to notify your County Department... |
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| Georgia | Movers and college students Voting | Voters are required to notify the board of registrars of their county of residence whenever they move. |
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| Guam | Movers and college students Voting | 3 GCA § 9123 provides that each person’s residency shall be determined individually; that is, no person’s residency shall conclusively determine the residency of that person’s spouse or child. The Commission shall not register any applicant who fails to... |
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| Hawaii | Movers/college students Voting | You may submit a request for an absentee ballot to be mailed to your on campus address by completing a Wikiwiki Absentee Application. |
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| Idaho | Movers/college students Voting | The advent of election day registration in Idaho and how it interacts with the concept of “voting residence” has been a source of controversy in various college towns throughout Idaho. |
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| Illinois | Movers/college students Voting | If you moved within 27 days of the election in the same precinct you can vote a full ballot by signing an affidavit. |
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| Iowa | Movers and college students Voting | If you moved within the county, you may also report a change of address on election day at the polling place for the address where you live. You may be asked to show identification which shows your name and current address. Acceptable forms of identification... |
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| Louisiana | Movers and college students Voting | If you have changed residence outside your parish after registering to vote, you are only eligible to remain registered and to vote in that parish for three months prior to an election. You must register in your new parish. |
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| Maine | Movers and college students Voting | If you are a student, you have the right to register in the municipality in Maine where you attend school, provided you have established a voting residence there as defined in Maine’s election laws and explained above. You can establish a voting residence at... |
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| Maryland | Movers and college students Voting | Give the local board of elections where you currently live your new address information. You can use the voter registration application to make the change, or you can submit in writing your new address. You can also use the voter registration application to... |
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| Massachusetts | Movers and college students Voting | State law allows voters who have moved within Massachusetts to vote in state elections and primaries from a previous address for up to six months, as long as they have not registered at a new address. If you have moved from one community in Massachusetts to... |
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| Michigan | Movers/college students Voting | If you moved to Michigan from another state, you must register to vote in Michigan to be able to vote.[1] The last day to register in time to vote in the next election is thirty days before the election.[2]. |
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| Minnesota | Movers/college students Voting | Some students are not sure whether to use their campus address or their parent’s address as their voting residence. Vote from whichever you consider to be your home. Voting rules are different in other states. If your voting residence is not in Minnesota... |
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| Mississippi | Movers and college students Voting | At School. Students can establish residency in Mississippi if they have a present intent to remain at their Mississippi school address for the time being, and they intend to make it their principal home.[12] Any other interpretation of the residency laws is... |
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| Missouri | Movers and college students Voting | In order to change your name in the voter registration lists, you need to contact the election authority before the election or an election judge at your polling place and notify them of the change. The election authority will enter the change on the record... |
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| Montana | Movers and college students Voting | choose to vote in your county of permanent residence, either by going to the polls or by absentee ballot, OR. |
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| Nebraska | Movers and college students Voting | By law, your residence is that place at which you have established a home, where you are habitually present, and to which, when you depart, you intend to return. |
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| Nevada | Movers and college students Voting | If you moved to Nevada from another state, you must register in Nevada to be able to vote.[1] Unless you register in person at the county clerk’s office, the last day to register in time to vote in the next election is the fifth Saturday before the... |
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| New Hampshire | Movers and college students Voting | You may change your address within the same town or city with the clerk of the town or city where you are domiciled up to 10 days before any election or at any scheduled meeting of the supervisors of the checklist. You may also change your address with the... |
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| New Jersey | Movers and college students Voting | College students register to vote in New Jersey by following the standard application process: every prospective voter must submit a voter registration application. |
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| New Mexico | Movers and college students Voting | Yes, the content of your ballot including districted offices, bond questions, and other types of ballot contests is directly associated with the precinct of your physical address of registration. |
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| New York | Movers and college students Voting | The voter registration form should be used as a change of address form. Notices of change of address from registered voters received at least 20 days before a special, primary or general election by a county board of elections must be processed and entered in... |
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| North Carolina | Movers and college students Voting | When you move within a county, you should complete an in-county change of address. This can be completed on your voter identification card, a signed letter to your local board of elections, or on the form specified above. |
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| North Dakota | Movers and college students Voting | If you attend college in your hometown and still reside at home, you vote in the precinct (voting area)of your residence. |
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| Ohio | Movers and college students Voting | It depends. A college student may vote using his or her Ohio school residence address if the student does not intend to return to a different permanent address. When a college student registers to vote from his or her school address, the school residence is... |
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| Oklahoma | Movers and college students Voting | If you need to change your name, your address or your political affiliation, you must fill out another voter registration application form. You may change your registration at any time with one exception. You may not change your political affiliation during... |
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| Oregon | Movers and college students Voting | You should update your registration if you move, change your name or mailing address, or want to select or change a political party.. |
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| Pennsylvania | Movers and college students Voting | If you’re a student in Pennsylvania who has moved to a new county or a new state to attend college, you can still vote. As a college student, you have two choices on where you register to vote. You have the right to register and vote where you live now... |
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| Rhode Island | Movers and college students Voting | You can also submit a voter registration form to:. |
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| South Carolina | Movers and college students Voting | Students may register to vote where they reside while attending college. |
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| South Dakota | Movers and college students Voting | If you have had an address change, you must re-register to vote by completing a new voter registration form. Make sure to fill out the “Previous Voter Registration Information Required” section with your old address. |
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| Tennessee | Movers and college students Voting | The voter registration application also serves as a name and/or address change request. Complete and sign the form. When updating your address within the county, the form may be mailed, faxed, or emailed with an attached document which includes a scanned... |
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| Texas | Movers and college students Voting | If you’re a student who spends several weeks or months a year in different locations but wants to vote in Texas, you’ll need to decide which place in Texas is the place you call “home,” i.e., where you intend to return after you’ve been away. If you consider... |
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| Vermont | Movers and college students Voting | Yes, any U.S. citizen who is 18 years old and who lives in Vermont can vote in Vermont as long as the voter considers Vermont to be his or her primary residence. |
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| Virgin Islands | Movers and college students Voting | Changing affiliation, name, address etc… must be done in person at any of the Election System’s office, by completing the necessary form. |
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| Virginia | Movers and college students Voting | A college student registers to vote in Virginia the same as any other applicant: every prospective voter must submit a voter registration application. Remember, you must update your voter registration information whenever you change your residence. |
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| Washington | Movers and college students Voting | As a student, you probably change your address more frequently than the average voter. Remember to update your voter registration every time you move. You can update your address online with MyVote, by mail or in person. |
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| West Virginia | Movers and college students Voting | At School. Students can establish residency in West Virginia if they have a present intent to remain at their West Virginia school address for the time being, and they intend to make it their principal home.[11] Any other interpretation of the residency laws... |
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| Wisconsin | Movers and college students Voting | If your address has changed, you need to re-register to vote. Remember:. |
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| Wyoming | Movers and college students Voting | If you moved to Wyoming from another state, you must register in Wyoming to be able to vote. You may register on Election Day by providing documents establishing your identity and residency.[2] If you do not take advantage of election-day registration, you can... |
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