The 2018 midterm elections are just a few days away, but if you're registered to vote in the US and won't be able to do so in person, there's still time to request and send in your absentee ballot.
While states all have different requirements for receiving a ballot, most military service members, US citizens living abroad, college students, or people who will otherwise be away from their polling place for another reason, including a disability or religious conflict, are eligible to vote absentee in the November 6 election.
All states allow voters to request ballots by mail, but only some permit in-person requests. Virginia is the only state where voters can apply for an absentee ballot online.
You can check your voter registration status and request a ballot in your state here.
If you request a ballot but don't receive it in time to mail in back by your state's deadline, you can fill out the Federal Absentee Write-in Ballot as a backup. In the meantime, you can use Ballotpedia's sample ballot lookup tool for information on all the federal, state, and local elections and/or ballot initiatives that you'll be voting on this fall.
Here are the deadlines in every state to request and mail in your ballot if you'll be voting absentee:
Read more of Business Insider's 2018 Midterm Election coverage:
- SENATE BATTLEGROUND MAP: The race for control of the Senate is as tight as it can be
- All the dates, deadlines, and rules you need to know before voting in the 2018 Midterm Elections
- Here is the last day you can register to vote in every state
- You can take time off work to vote in 30 US states — but you're out of luck in the rest
