Kansas Election Center

• In Person: 21 days before Election Day
• By Mail: Postmarked 21 days before Election Day
• Online: 21 days before Election Day.

To register in Kansas you must:

• be a citizen of the United States
• be a resident of Kansas
• be 18 by the next election
• have completed the terms of your sentence if convicted of a felony; a person serving a sentence for a felony conviction is ineligible to vote
• not claim the right to vote in any other location or under any other name
• not be excluded from voting for mental incompetence by a court of competent jurisdiction

1. Use our Register to Vote Tool to fill out the National Voter Registration Form.
2. Sign and date your form. This is very important!
3. Mail or hand-deliver your completed form to the address we provide.
4. Make sure you register before the voter registration deadline.

Absentee ballot application deadline:

Received by the Friday before Election Day

Voted ballots are due:

Received by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day

Any registered Kansas voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

1. Use our Absentee Ballot Tool to prepare your application.
2. Sign and date the form. This is very important!
3. Return your completed application to your Local Election Official as soon as possible. We’ll provide the mailing address for you.
4. All Local Election Officials will accept mailed or hand-delivered forms. If it’s close to the deadline, call and see if your Local Election Official will let you fax or email the application.
5. Make sure your application is received by the deadline. Your application must actually arrive by this time — simply being postmarked by the deadline is insufficient.
6. Please contact your Local Election Official if you have any further questions about the exact process.

• Once you receive the ballot, carefully read and follow the instructions.
• Sign and date where indicated.
• Mail your voted ballot back to the address indicated on the return envelope.
• Your voted ballot must arrive by the deadline or it will not be counted.

Early voting must start by the Tuesday before Election Day. In some counties early voting starts as early as 20 days before Election Day.

Early voting ends at noon the day before Election Day.

You must provide the following forms of unexpired photo ID (unless you are 65 or older, in which case the ID can be expired) when you vote:

• Drivers license or non-drivers ID card issued by Kansas or another state
• U.S. passport
• Concealed carry of handgun license issued by Kansas or another state
• Employee badge or ID document issued by a government office
• U.S. military ID
• Student ID card issued by an accredited Kansas postsecondary educational institution
• Public assistance ID card issued by a government office
• An ID card issued by an Indian tribe
• State Voter ID
• NOTE: Kansas cannot require you to provide proof of US citizenship to register to vote for federal elections

You must provide the number from your current and valid Kansas drivers license or Kansas nondrivers ID card when you request your absentee ballot.

If you do not have a valid Kansas drivers license or Kansas nondrivers card, you must provide a copy of one of the following forms of photo ID with your application in order to receive a ballot:

• Drivers license or nondrivers ID card issued by Kansas or another state
• U.S. passport
• Concealed carry of handgun license issued by Kansas or another state
• Employee badge or ID document issued by a government office
• U.S. military ID
• Student ID card issued by an accredited Kansas postsecondary educational institution
• Public assistance ID card issued by a government office
• An ID card issued by an Indian tribe
• State Voter ID