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How Preregistration Works

Preregistration is an ballot procedure that allows individuals younger than eighteen years of age to annals to vote, then they are eligible to bandage a ballot when they reach 18, the voting age for all state and federal elections. Typically, a pre-registrant volition fill up out an application and be added to the voter registration listing with a "pending" or "preregistration" status. Upon turning 18, the individual is added to the voter registration list and able to cast a ballot.

Preregistration states vary in terms of their registration historic period limits. Some let 16-yr-olds to preregister, and others let 17-year-olds to preregister. The remaining preregistration states do non found a specific preregistration age limit. Instead, these states permit youth to register to vote before the age of 18, provided that they volition exist of voting age past the time of the next general election. Run into the section on Voter Registration Ages below for more than information.

Some states likewise permit 17-year-olds to vote in main elections, provided that they will turn 18 before the full general election. FairVote provides data on states that permit 17-year-olds to vote in congressional primaries and presidential primaries or caucuses.

State Voter Registration Ages

• xv states + Washington, D.C., permit preregistration beginning at 16 years old:
  • California, Colorado, Delaware, Commune of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Isle, Utah, Virginia and Washington.
• iv states permit preregistration start at 17 years erstwhile:
  • Maine, Nevada, New Jersey and West Virginia.
• 5 states set some other historic period at which an private may preregister:
  • Alaska permits those under 18 to register anytime within 90 days before their 18^th birthday.
  • Georgia, Iowa and Missouri permit registration of those who are 17.5 (if they turn 18 before the next election).
  • Texas permits a person who is 17 years and 10 months of age to register.
• 25 states do not specifically address an age for registration and instead permit an individual to annals if they will turn 18 past the next election (note that this usually refers to the next general election, with some exceptions). In some states this may mean that youth could register equally shortly every bit the previous general election is over, so that could exist as early on every bit 16 years of age. Accomplish out to your state election officials for details.
  • Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
• Due north Dakota does not require individuals to annals prior to the election, but to qualify as an elector an private must exist eighteen years or older on Election Twenty-four hours.

More details in Tabular array 1 beneath.

Legislative Considerations

• Turnout. The statement for implementing preregistration policies has to exercise with increasing youth turnout. Turnout amid 18 to 29-year-olds is consistently lower than other age brackets, so states looking to preregistration as one option to appoint immature voters in the balloter process. A serial of studies have shown the preregistration has a positive consequence on youth turnout:
• Logistics. Since preregistered youth may motion betwixt preregistration and their starting time take a chance to vote, these registrations may no longer be accurate and valid. States may need to send notifications to preregistered voters in one case they turn eighteen to confirm the registration and accost data. There may also need to be updates or additions to the statewide voter registration database in order to enter preregistrations and rails this information.
• Price. Costs may exist a factor; implementation in Colorado was estimated at $572,112 in 2013. Additionally, the cost of returned mailings to this mobile population can exist significant.
• Identification. Younger voters may not have a driver'due south license, so what identification is required in order to preregister? Is an affidavit signed by a parent sufficient?
• Location. Where should preregistration take identify? Does the state demand to piece of work with the section of motor vehicles or with high schools?
• Protected information. Consider whether data for preregistered voters should be protected and not provided on publicly available voter lists.
• Teaching and outreach. How exercise get the word out that this option is available and achieve out to potential young voters?

Table 1: State Statutes on Registration

STATE	SUMMARY	STATUTORY Language
Alabama Const. of Ala. Article VIII Voter Registration FAQs	eighteen by the election	Every citizen of the United States who has attained the historic period of eighteen years and has resided in this state and in a county thereof for the fourth dimension provided by constabulary, if registered every bit provided by law, shall take the right to vote in the county of his or her residence.
Alaska Every bit §fifteen.07.040	Inside ninety days preceding xviiith altogether	A person who is qualified nether AS 15.05.010(i)--(three) is entitled to annals at whatever fourth dimension throughout the year except that a person nether eighteen years of age may annals at any fourth dimension inside 90 days immediately preceding the person's 18th birthday.
Arizona A.R.S. § 16-101	18 by the ballot	A. Every resident of the country is qualified to register to vote if he: 2. Will be eighteen years of age or more than on or before the engagement of the regular general election side by side post-obit his registration.
Arkansas AR Const. Art. three, § 1 Voter Registration Data	18 by the election	Except as otherwise provided by this Constitution, whatsoever person may vote in an election in this state who is: (1) A citizen of the Us; (ii) A resident of the Country of Arkansas; (iii) At to the lowest degree eighteen (eighteen) years of age; and (iv) Lawfully registered to vote in the ballot.
California CA Elec. Lawmaking §2102(two)(d) (Enacted past SB 113 in 2014)	16-year-olds may preregister	A person who is at least 16 years of age and otherwise meets all eligibility requirements to vote may submit his or her affidavit of registration as prescribed by this section. A properly executed affidavit of registration made pursuant to this subdivision shall be deemed constructive as of the appointment the affiant will be xviii years of age, if the information in the affidavit of registration is still electric current at that fourth dimension. If the information provided by the affiant in the affidavit of registration is not electric current at the time that the affirmation of registration would otherwise become effective, for his or her registration to go effective, the affiant shall provide the current information to the proper county elections official as prescribed by this chapter.
Colorado Colo. Rev. Stat. §i-2-101(two)(a)(I) (Enacted by HB 1135 in 2013)	16-year-olds may preregister	All the same subsection (ane) of this department, upon satisfactory proof of age, every person who is otherwise qualified to annals and is sixteen years of age or older merely will not take reached xviii years of historic period by the appointment of the next ballot may preregister and update his or her preregistered data by whatsoever means authorized in this article for persons eighteen years of age or older. Upon reaching eighteen years of age, the person is automatically registered.
Connecticut Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 9-12	18 by the election	(b) Whatsoever citizen who volition have attained the historic period of eighteen years on or before the day of a regular election may apply for access as an elector. If such citizen is plant to exist qualified the citizen shall become an elector on the 24-hour interval of the denizen's eighteenth birthday. The registrars shall add the proper noun of whatsoever person applying under this subsection, if establish qualified, to the registry list and, if applicable, to the enrollment list, together with the effective date of his registration. The registrars may identify the proper name of each such person at the finish of the registry and enrollment lists for the voting district.
Delaware 15 Del. Code § 1701(b) (Enacted by HB 381 in 2010)	16-year-olds may preregister	(b) The Department shall permit registration of whatever citizen and bona fide resident of this State xvi years of age or older through the Division of Motor Vehicles as set along in § 2050(a) of this title, provided that such bidder shall not be a qualified voter unless the person will be eighteen years of age or older on or before the mean solar day of the full general ballot next succeeding the bidder'southward registration.
Commune of Columbia D.C. Lawmaking § 1-1001.07(a-2) (Enacted in 2009)	sixteen-year-olds may preregister	A person who is otherwise qualified may pre-register on or afterward that person's 16th birthday and may vote in any election occurring on or after that person'due south 17th birthday; provided, that the person is at least 18 years of age on or earlier the side by side general election.
Florida Fla. Stat. § 97.041(b) (Enacted by SB 866 in 2008)	16-yr-olds may preregister	A person who is otherwise qualified may preregister on or later on that person's 16th birthday and may vote in any election occurring on or after that person'southward 18th birthday.
Georgia Ga. Code Ann. § 21-2-216(c)	17.5-year-olds may preregister	(c) Whatever person who possesses the qualifications of an elector except that concerning age shall be permitted to register to vote if such person will acquire such qualification within vi months after the day of registration; provided, however, that such person shall not be permitted to vote in a primary or ballot until the acquisition of all specified qualifications.
Hawaii HRS §11-12 (Enacted by SB 280 in 1993)	16-twelvemonth-olds may preregister, and 17-yr-olds may register but not vote	(a) Every person who has reached the historic period of eighteen years or who is seventeen years of age and volition be eighteen years of age by the date of the next election, and is otherwise qualified to annals may practice so for that ballot. The person shall and so be listed upon the appropriate county full general register and precinct list. No person shall register or vote in whatever other precinct than that in which the person resides except as provided in section 11-21. (b) A person who is otherwise qualified to register and is at to the lowest degree sixteen years of age simply volition not be eighteen years of age by the appointment of the next election may preregister upon satisfactory proof of age and shall be automatically registered upon reaching age eighteen.
Idaho Idaho Lawmaking § 34-402	18 by the election	Every male or female denizen of the Usa, eighteen (18) years one-time, who has resided in this state and in the canton for thirty (thirty) days where he or she offers to vote prior to the twenty-four hour period of election, if registered inside the time period provided by law, is a qualified elector.
Illinois 10 ILCS 5/3-half dozen	18 by the election	For the purposes of this Lawmaking, an individual who is 17 years of age and who will exist 18 years of historic period on the appointment of the general or consolidated election shall be deemed competent to execute and adjure to any voter registration forms.
Indiana Ind. Code §3-seven-thirteen-1	18 by the election	A person who: (1) will exist at least 18 (eighteen) years of age at the next general, municipal, or special election; (2) is a United States citizen; and (3) resides in a precinct continuously before a general, municipal, or special election for at least 30 (30) days; may, upon making a proper application under this article, register to vote in that precinct.
Iowa Iowa Code Election Laws §48A.v(2) (Originally enacted by SF 2194 in 2010, amended past HF 516 in 2017)	17.5-year-olds may preregister	2. To exist qualified to register to vote an eligible elector shall: c. (1) Be at least eighteen years of age.  All the same, for purposes of voting in the master ballot, an eligible elector shall be at least 18 years of age on the engagement of the respective general election or city election. Completed registration forms shall be accustomed from registrants who are at least seventeen years of age. For an election other than a primary election, the registration shall not be constructive until the registrant reaches the age of eighteen. The commissioner of registration shall ensure that the birth engagement shown on the registration course is at least seventeen years earlier than the appointment the registration is candy.  (ii) A registrant who is at least seventeen years of age and who will exist eighteen by the appointment of a pending election is a registered voter for the awaiting election for purposes of chapter 53. For purposes of voting in a principal election nether chapter 43, a registrant who volition exist at least xviii years of age by the appointment of the corresponding general election or city election is a registered voter for the pending primary election.
Kansas Kan. Rev. Stat. §25-2306	18 past the election	The application for registration shall include a argument by the applicant that he volition have reached the age of eighteen (18) years before the next statewide full general election. No person may vote at any election until he has reached the historic period of eighteen (18) years.
Kentucky Ky. Rev. Stat. §116.045, §116.055	18 by the ballot.	Ky. Rev. Stat. §116.045(one) Whatsoever person may register equally a voter during the period registration is open if he or she possesses, or volition possess on the mean solar day of the side by side regular ballot, the qualifications ready forth in KRS 116.025. Ky. Rev. Stat. § 116.055… The qualifications shall exist adamant equally of the engagement of the primary, without regard to the qualifications or disqualifications every bit they may be at the succeeding regular election, except that minors seventeen (17) years of age who will go eighteen (18) years of age on or earlier the day of the regular election shall be entitled to vote in the chief if otherwise qualified.
Louisiana Louis. Rev. Stat. 18:101 A(3) (Enacted by HB 501 in 2014)	xvi-yr-olds may preregister	(3) A person who is xvi years of age may register to vote in the manner provided in R.S. 18:114(B)(1) or past making awarding in person at the part of the registrar of voters. However, no one under the age of eighteen years shall be permitted to vote in whatever election
Maine 21- Yard.R.South.A. §155	17-yr-olds may preregister	The registrar shall conditionally accept the registration and enrollment of whatever person who is 17 years of age and who is otherwise qualified to exist a voter. The provisional registration automatically becomes constructive on the person's 18th altogether and the registrant and so is eligible to vote. A person who has registered under this section and who has not attained eighteen years of age may vote by absentee ballot at any election if that person attains 18 years of historic period on or before the date of the election and is otherwise eligible to vote by absentee election.
Maryland MD Elec. Law §3-102 (Enacted past HB 217 in 2010)	sixteen-year-olds may preregister	(a)(one) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an individual may become registered to vote if the individual: (i) is a citizen of the United States; (ii) is at to the lowest degree 16 years sometime; (iii) is a resident of the Country equally of the day the private seeks to register; and (four) registers pursuant to this title. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection, an private under the age of 18 years: (i) may vote in a primary election in which candidates are nominated for a general or special ballot that volition occur when the private is at least 18 years old; and (ii) may non vote in any other election.
Massachusetts M.K.L.A. 51 § 42 Thousand.G.50.A. 51 § 47A	16-year-olds may preregister	M.Grand.50.A. 51 § 42. Registration as a voter shall be by affidavit of registration made in conformity with the requirements of this chapter by any person at to the lowest degree xvi years of historic period or older. Yard.1000.L.A. 51 § 47A. If, after test of an affirmation of registration, it appears to the registrars that the person has all the qualifications to be registered every bit a voter except that of historic period and the person has obtained the age of 16, then they shall enter the person'southward name in the current annual register of voters with the designation "pre-registrant" or other term or code as specified by the state secretarial assistant. The designation shall be removed when the person, on or earlier the day of the side by side preliminary, primary, special or general election or town coming together, attains full age. No pre-registrant shall exist allowed to vote until the pre-registrant obtains total age unless otherwise permitted by law.
Michigan Yard.C.L.A. 168.492 How to Annals to Vote	18 by the ballot	Each person who has the following qualifications of an elector, or who will have those qualifications at the next ballot or master election, is entitled to register as an elector in the township, metropolis, or village in which he or she resides. The person shall exist a denizen of the United States; not less than xviii years of age; a resident of the state for not less than 30 days; and a resident of the township, city, or village on or before the thirtieth twenty-four hours before the next regular or special ballot or main election.
Minnesota Minn. Stat. Ann. §201.071	eighteen past the election	The awarding must as well contain the following certification of voter eligibility: "I certify that I: (1) will exist at to the lowest degree 18 years former on election day… The certification must include boxes for the voter to respond to the following questions: "(1) Are yous a citizen of the United States?" and "(2) Will y'all be eighteen years old on or earlier election day?"…
Mississippi Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-xi	eighteen by the ballot	Every inhabitant of this state, except persons adjudicated to be non compos mentis, who is a denizen of the United States of America, eighteen (xviii) years former and upwards… Any person who volition be eighteen (18) years of age or older on or before the date of the general ballot and who is duly registered to vote not less than 30 (30) days before the main election associated with the general election, may vote in the main ballot even though the person has not reached his or her eighteenth birthday at the time that the person seeks to vote at the chief ballot. No others than those specified in this section shall exist entitled, or shall be allowed, to vote at any election.
Missouri Mo. Rev. Stat §115.133(i) (Enacted by HB 23 in 1993)	17.five-twelvemonth-olds may preregister	Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, any citizen of the United States who is a resident of the Country of Missouri and seventeen years and six months of age or older shall be entitled to register and to vote in any election which is held on or after his eighteenth birthday.
Montana MCA 13-2-205	eighteen by the election	An private who is not eligible to register because of residence or age requirements only who volition be eligible on or earlier ballot day may apply for voter registration pursuant to 13-2-110 and be registered subject to verification procedures established pursuant to 13-2-109.
Nebraska Beak. Rev. Stat §32-110	xviii by the election	Elector shall mean a citizen of the The states whose residence is within the country and who is at least eighteen years of age or is seventeen years of age and volition attain the historic period of xviii years on or before the get-go Tuesday later on the first Monday in November of the and then current calendar year.
Nevada Nev. Rev. Stat. 293.524 (Enacted by SB 144 in 2017)	17-year-olds may preregister	Every denizen of the U.s. who is 17 years of age or older but less than 18 years of age and has continuously resided in this State for thirty days or longer may preregister to vote by any of the means available for a person to annals to vote pursuant to this title. A person eligible to preregister to vote is deemed to be preregistered to vote upon the submission of a completed awarding to preregister to vote.
New Hampshire NH RSA 654:7	18 by the election	I. Any person registering to vote shall be: (a) At to the lowest degree xviii years of historic period on the mean solar day of the next election; and
New Jersey NJ R.South. nineteen:31-5 (Enacted by SB 832 in 2015)	17-year-olds may preregister	Each person, who is at least 17 years of age at the fourth dimension he or she applies for registration, who resides in the commune in which he or she expects to vote, who will be of the historic period of 18 years or more than on or before the first election in which he or she expects to vote, who is a denizen of the United States, and who, if he or she continues to reside in the commune until that election, will at the time take fulfilled all the requirements as to length of residence to qualify him or her as a legal voter, shall, unless otherwise disqualified, be entitled to be registered in such commune. Each 17-year-quondam registrant shall exist designated in the Statewide voter registration system as temporarily ineligible to vote until the registrant's 18th altogether
New United mexican states N. M. Stat. Ann. § one-4-2	xviii past the ballot	A. Whatever resident of New Mexico who will be a qualified elector at the date of the adjacent ensuing full general election shall be permitted within the provisions of the Election Code to register and get a voter. B. If a person who is seventeen years one-time will be a qualified elector on the mean solar day of the full general election and registers to vote in accordance with the provisions of Subsection A of this department, for the purposes of the primary ballot, that person shall exist considered to be a voter and may vote in the primary election immediately preceding that general election.
New York McKinney'due south Election Police § 5-210, § 5-507	16-year-olds may preregister	Section v-507. Voter pre-registration and education on voter pre-registration. 1. Pre-registration. A person who is at to the lowest degree sixteen years of age and who is otherwise qualified to annals to vote may pre-register to vote, and shall exist automatically registered upon reaching the age of eligibility as provided past this chapter.
North Carolina N.C.M.S.A. § 163-82.i Note: Pre-registration was removed by HB 589 in 2013. That law was later struck down by the 4th U.Southward. Court of Appeals, leaving 16-year-olds able to preregister according to the North Carolina Board of Elections webpage.	16-twelvemonth-olds may preregister	(d) Preregistration. --A person who is at to the lowest degree 16 years of historic period but will not be 18 years of historic period by the date of the next election and who is otherwise qualified to register may preregister to vote and shall exist automatically registered upon reaching the age of eligibility following verification of the person's qualifications and address in accordance with One thousand.S. 163-82.7.
Northward Dakota Northward.D. Cent. Code § sixteen.1-01-04	18 at election	North Dakota does not have voter registration, just: i. To qualify as an elector of this state, an individual must be: a. A denizen of the U.s.; b. Xviii years or older; and c. A resident of this state who has resided in the precinct at least thirty days immediately preceding any election.
Ohio OH Rev. Lawmaking §3503.01	18 by the ballot	(A) Every citizen of the United States who is of the age of eighteen years or over and who has been a resident of the country xxx days immediately preceding the election at which the citizen offers to vote, is a resident of the canton and precinct in which the denizen offers to vote, and has been registered to vote for thirty days, has the qualifications of an elector and may vote at all elections in the precinct in which the denizen resides.
Oklahoma OK Const. Art. 3, § 1 26 Okl. Stat. Ann. § 4-103	xviii by the election	OK Const. Art. three, § 1. Subject to such exceptions every bit the Legislature may prescribe, all citizens of the Usa, over the age of eighteen (18) years, who are bona fide residents of this country, are qualified electors of this land. 26 Okl. Stat. Ann. § 4-103. Any person who will become a qualified elector during the sixty (60) days earlier the next ensuing election at which he could vote shall be entitled to get a registered voter of the precinct of his or her residence not more than than lx (60) and not less than twenty-four (24) days prior to said election.
Oregon ORS §247.016 (Originally enacted by HB 2910 in 2007. SB 802 in 2017 reduced preregistration historic period from 17 to 16).	16-year-olds may preregister	(1) Bailiwick to this section, an otherwise qualified person who is at least 16 years of age may annals to vote. (ii) A person who registers to vote nether subsection (ane) of this section may non vote in an ballot until the person attains the age of 18 years. (iii) If a person who registers to vote under subsection (1) of this section will exist under 18 years of historic period on the engagement of the next election held on a engagement listed in ORS 171.185 or the side by side special election, the person'southward voter registration data, including only non express to the person's name and any identifying information, may not be disclosed as a public tape under ORS 192.410 to 192.505.
Pennsylvania 25 Pa.C.S.A. § 1301	eighteen by the election	(a) Eligibility.--An individual who will be at least 18 years of age on the 24-hour interval of the next election, who has been a citizen of the U.s. for at to the lowest degree ane calendar month prior to the side by side ballot and who has resided in this Commonwealth and the ballot district where the individual offers to vote for at to the lowest degree 30 days prior to the next ensuing election and has not been confined in a penal institution for a confidence of a felony within the last 5 years shall be eligible to register as provided in this chapter.
Rhode Island RI Gen. Laws §17-9.one-33	16-year-olds may preregister, and 17-yr-olds may register if they will be xviii by the election	(a) Every person who has reached the historic period of eighteen (18) years or who is seventeen (17) years of historic period and will be xviii (xviii) years of age by the appointment of the next election, and is otherwise qualified to annals may practice so for that election. (b) A person who is otherwise qualified to register and is at to the lowest degree 16 (16) years of age, but will not be xviii (18) years of age by the engagement of the next ballot, may preregister upon satisfactory proof of historic period and shall be automatically registered upon reaching xviii (18) years of age.
Due south Carolina S.C. Code § seven-5-120 S.C. Const. Fine art. Ii, § 4 South Carolina Voter Registration Data	xviii by the ballot	(A) Every citizen of this Country and the United states of america who applies for registration must be registered if he meets the following qualifications: (1) meets the age qualification as provided in Section 4, Article II of the Constitution of this State; Due south.C. Const. Art. Ii, § 4. Every denizen of the United states of america and of this State of the age of xviii and upwards who is properly registered is entitled to vote every bit provided by law.
South Dakota SDCL § 12-three-1 SDCL § 12-4-1	18 by the election	SDCL § 12-3-ane. Every person resident of this state who shall exist of the age of eighteen years and upwards, not otherwise disqualified, who shall have complied with the provisions of law relating to the registration of voters shall be entitled to vote at any election in this state. SDCL § 12-four-1. Every person residing within the country who has the qualifications of a voter prescribed by § 12-three-i or 12-3-1.1, or who will have such qualifications at the next ensuing municipal, primary, general, or school district election, shall be entitled to be registered as a voter in the voting precinct in which he resides.
Tennessee Tenn. Lawmaking Ann. § ii-2-104	18 by the election	The following persons may register permanently nether this title: (3) A person who volition exist eighteen (18) years of age on or earlier the engagement of the adjacent election after the person applies to annals and who is otherwise eligible to register.
Texas Tex. El. Code Ann § 13.001	Individuals 17 years and 10 months old may register	(b) To be eligible to use for registration, a person must, on the appointment the registration application is submitted to the registrar, be at least 17 years and x months of age and satisfy the requirements of Subsection (a) except for age.
Utah UT Code 20A-2-101.1	16-year-olds may preregister	(one) An private may preregister to vote if the private: (a) is 16 or 17 years of age; (b) will not be 18 years of historic period earlier the side by side election; (c) is a citizen of the Usa; (d) has been a resident of Utah for at least thirty days; and (e) currently resides within the voting district or precinct in which the individual preregisters to vote. (2) An individual described in Subsection (one) may not vote in an election and is not registered to vote until: (a) the private is at least xviii years of age; and (b) the county clerk registers the individual to vote under Subsection (4).
Vermont 17 Five.S.A. § 2121	eighteen by the election	(a) Any person may annals to vote in the boondocks of his or her residence in whatever election held in a political subdivision of this land in which he or she resides who, on ballot day: (1) is a citizen of the U.s.; (2) is a resident of the state of Vermont; (3) has taken the voter's adjuration; and (4) is eighteen years of historic period or more than. (b) Whatsoever person meeting the requirements of subdivisions (a)(1)-(3) of this section who will be eighteen years of age on or before the date of a general election may register and vote in the primary election immediately preceding that general ballot.
Virginia VA Lawmaking Ann. § 24.two-403.1	sixteen-yr-olds may preregister	Whatever person who is otherwise qualified and is 16 years of age or older, only who will not be 18 years of age on or before the day of the next full general ballot, may preregister to vote.
Washington Rev. Lawmaking of Wash. 29A.08.230 *Effective July ane, 2019 Rev. Code of Launder. 29A.08.170 volition allow sixteen and 17-twelvemonth-olds to preregister.	18 before the election	Rev. Code of Wash. 29A.08.230. For all voter registrations, the registrant shall sign the post-obit oath: "I declare that the facts on this voter registration form are true. I am a denizen of the United states of america, I will take lived at this address in Washington for at least thirty days immediately earlier the next election at which I vote, I will exist at to the lowest degree 18 years onetime when I vote, I am not disqualified from voting due to a court order, and I am not under department of corrections supervision for a Washington felony conviction."
Westward Virginia W. Va. Code §3-2-ii	17-year-olds may preregister	(a) Any person who possesses the constitutional qualifications for voting may annals to vote. To exist qualified, a person must be a citizen of the U.s.a. and a legal resident of West Virginia and of the county where he or she is applying to register, shall be at least eighteen years of age, except that a person who is at least seventeen years of age and who will exist eighteen years of historic period by the fourth dimension of the next ensuing general ballot may also exist permitted to register, and shall not be otherwise legally disqualified: Provided, That a registered voter who has non reached eighteen years of age may vote both partisan and nonpartisan ballots in a federal, state, county, municipal or special main election if he or she volition exist eighteen years of historic period past the fourth dimension of the corresponding full general election.
Wisconsin Wis. Stat. Ann. §6.05	18 by the election	Whatever person who volition be 18 years old on or before ballot solar day is entitled to vote if the person complies with this affiliate.
Wyoming Wyo. Stat. §22-3-102	eighteen by the ballot	(a) A person may register to vote not less than xiv (xiv) days before an election, at whatsoever election specified in W.S. 22-2-101(a)(i) through (viii) or as provided by W. S. 22-iii-117, who satisfies the following qualifications: (i) He is a citizen of the United States; (two) He volition exist at least 18 (18) years of age on the solar day of the side by side general election provided he shall non be permitted to vote until he has attained the age of 18 (18);

Additional Resource

• NCSL's newsletter The Canvass article on increasing youth turnout
• Article in the Legislation and Public Policy Journal Registering the Youth Through Voter Preregistration
• Written report from the Commission on Youth Voting and Civic Cognition All Together Now: Collaboration and Innovation for Youth Engagement
• Voting Age for Primary Elections

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Source: https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/preregistration-for-young-voters.aspx

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