Revised 10/29/2003
General Instructions
Who Can Use this Application
If you are a U.S. citizen who lives or has an address
within the United States, you can use the application in
this booklet 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, or
■ Register with a political party.
Exceptions
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 Ap-
plication available to you from military bases, American
embassies, or consular offices.
New Hampshire town and city clerks will accept this
application only as a request for their own absentee voter
mail-in registration form.
North Dakota does not have voter registration.
Wyoming law does not permit mail registration.
How to Find Out If You Are Eligible
to Register to Vote in Your State
Each State has its own laws about who may register and
vote. Check the information under your State in the State
Instructions.
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 U.S. 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.
How to Fill Out this Application
Use both the Application Instructions and State Instruc-
tions to guide you in filling out the application.
First, read the Application Instructions. These instruc-
tions will give you important information that applies to
everyone using this application.
Next, find your State under the State Instructions. Use
these instructions to fill out Boxes 6, 7, and 8. Also refer
to these in