Can I Register To Vote A Few Months Before My 18th Birthday

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How Preregistration Works

Register to Vote! logo Preregistration is an election procedure that allows individuals younger than xviii years of age to register to vote, so they are eligible to bandage a ballot when they reach 18, the voting historic period for all state and federal elections. Typically, a pre-registrant volition fill out an application and be added to the voter registration list with a "awaiting" 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 age limits. Some let 16-year-olds to preregister, and others allow 17-year-olds to preregister. The remaining preregistration states do not found a specific preregistration historic period limit. Instead, these states allow youth to register to vote before the age of 18, provided that they volition exist of voting age by the time of the adjacent general election. Encounter the section on Voter Registration Ages beneath for more data.

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

State Voter Registration Ages

xv states + Washington, D.C., permit preregistration offset at 16 years old:
- California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Isle, Utah, Virginia and Washington.
four states permit preregistration offset at 17 years old:
- Maine, Nevada, New Jersey and West Virginia.
5 states ready another age at which an individual may preregister:
- Alaska permits those nether 18 to register anytime within xc days before their 18^th birthday.
- Georgia, Iowa and Missouri permit registration of those who are 17.5 (if they plow 18 earlier the adjacent election).
- Texas permits a person who is 17 years and 10 months of historic period to register.
25 states do not specifically address an historic period for registration and instead permit an individual to annals if they will turn 18 past the next election (note that this ordinarily refers to the next general election, with some exceptions). In some states this may hateful that youth could annals every bit soon as the previous general ballot is over, so that could be every bit early as 16 years of age. Reach 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, S Carolina, Southward Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
North Dakota does not require individuals to annals prior to the election, simply to qualify as an elector an individual must exist eighteen years or older on Election Day.

More details in Table ane below.

Legislative Considerations

Turnout. The argument for implementing preregistration policies has to do with increasing youth turnout. Turnout among 18 to 29-year-olds is consistently lower than other age brackets, and so states looking to preregistration equally ane option to engage young voters in the electoral procedure. A series of studies have shown the preregistration has a positive upshot on youth turnout:
Logistics. Since preregistered youth may move between preregistration and their first chance to vote, these registrations may no longer be accurate and valid. States may need to send notifications to preregistered voters once they plough 18 to confirm the registration and address information. There may also need to be updates or additions to the statewide voter registration database in order to enter preregistrations and track this information.
Cost. Costs may be a cistron; implementation in Colorado was estimated at $572,112 in 2013. Additionally, the cost of returned mailings to this mobile population can be pregnant.
Identification. Younger voters may non have a driver's license, so what identification is required in order to preregister? Is an affidavit signed by a parent sufficient?
Location. Where should preregistration take place? Does the country need to work with the department of motor vehicles or with loftier schools?
Protected data. Consider whether data for preregistered voters should be protected and non provided on publicly bachelor voter lists.
Education and outreach. How practice get the discussion out that this option is bachelor and reach out to potential young voters?

Table 1: State Statutes on Registration
Country	SUMMARY	STATUTORY Linguistic communication
Alabama Const. of Ala. Article VIII Voter Registration FAQs	18 by the ballot	Every denizen 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 time provided by law, if registered as provided by police force, shall have the right to vote in the county of his or her residence.
Alaska Every bit §15.07.040	Inside ninety days preceding 18^th birthday	A person who is qualified nether Every bit 15.05.010(1)--(3) is entitled to register at whatsoever time throughout the yr except that a person nether xviii years of historic period may register at any time inside ninety days immediately preceding the person's 18th altogether.
Arizona A.R.S. § 16-101	18 by the election	A. Every resident of the state is qualified to annals to vote if he: 2. Volition be eighteen years of historic period or more on or before the appointment of the regular general election next following his registration.
Arkansas AR Const. Art. 3, § ane Voter Registration Information	xviii by the election	Except as otherwise provided by this Constitution, whatever person may vote in an election in this land who is: (1) A citizen of the United States; (2) A resident of the State of Arkansas; (3) At least eighteen (18) years of historic period; and (4) Lawfully registered to vote in the election.
California CA Elec. Code §2102(2)(d) (Enacted by 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 equally prescribed by this section. A properly executed affidavit of registration made pursuant to this subdivision shall exist deemed effective as of the date the affiant will be xviii years of age, if the information in the affirmation of registration is notwithstanding current at that time. If the information provided by the affiant in the affidavit of registration is not current at the fourth dimension that the affidavit of registration would otherwise go constructive, for his or her registration to get effective, the affiant shall provide the electric current data to the proper county elections official every bit prescribed by this chapter.
Colorado Colo. Rev. Stat. §ane-2-101(2)(a)(I) (Enacted by HB 1135 in 2013)	xvi-year-olds may preregister	Notwithstanding subsection (one) of this section, upon satisfactory proof of historic period, every person who is otherwise qualified to annals and is sixteen years of age or older but will not have reached eighteen years of age by the engagement of the next election may preregister and update his or her preregistered information by whatever means authorized in this article for persons eighteen years of age or older. Upon reaching xviii years of historic period, the person is automatically registered.
Connecticut Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 9-12	18 by the election	(b) Any citizen who will accept attained the historic period of eighteen years on or before the day of a regular election may employ for admission as an elector. If such denizen is establish to be qualified the citizen shall get an elector on the day of the citizen'southward eighteenth birthday. The registrars shall add the proper name of any person applying under this subsection, if found qualified, to the registry list and, if applicable, to the enrollment list, together with the effective date of his registration. The registrars may place the name of each such person at the end of the registry and enrollment lists for the voting district.
Delaware fifteen Del. Code § 1701(b) (Enacted by HB 381 in 2010)	16-year-olds may preregister	(b) The Section shall let registration of whatever citizen and bona fide resident of this Country 16 years of age or older through the Division of Motor Vehicles as set along in § 2050(a) of this title, provided that such applicant shall non exist a qualified voter unless the person will be 18 years of age or older on or before the twenty-four hour period of the general election next succeeding the applicant's registration.
District of Columbia D.C. Code § ane-1001.07(a-2) (Enacted in 2009)	16-yr-olds may preregister	A person who is otherwise qualified may pre-register on or later on that person'due south 16th altogether and may vote in any election occurring on or after that person'south 17th birthday; provided, that the person is at least eighteen years of age on or before the adjacent general ballot.
Florida Fla. Stat. § 97.041(b) (Enacted by SB 866 in 2008)	sixteen-year-olds may preregister	A person who is otherwise qualified may preregister on or afterwards that person'southward 16th birthday and may vote in any election occurring on or later on that person'due south 18th altogether.
Georgia Ga. Code Ann. § 21-2-216(c)	17.5-year-olds may preregister	(c) Any person who possesses the qualifications of an elector except that concerning historic period shall be permitted to register to vote if such person will acquire such qualification inside six months after the solar day of registration; provided, however, that such person shall not exist permitted to vote in a primary or election until the acquisition of all specified qualifications.
Hawaii HRS §11-12 (Enacted past SB 280 in 1993)	16-year-olds may preregister, and 17-twelvemonth-olds may register but not vote	(a) Every person who has reached the age of eighteen years or who is seventeen years of historic period and will be xviii years of age by the date of the adjacent election, and is otherwise qualified to register may do and then for that election. The person shall then be listed upon the appropriate canton general register and precinct list. No person shall register or vote in any 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 16 years of historic period but will not be eighteen years of age by the date of the next election may preregister upon satisfactory proof of age and shall be automatically registered upon reaching age eighteen.
Idaho Idaho Code § 34-402	18 past the election	Every male person or female person citizen of the United states of america, 18 (18) years old, who has resided in this state and in the county for thirty (30) days where he or she offers to vote prior to the day of election, if registered inside the time period provided by police, is a qualified elector.
Illinois 10 ILCS 5/3-half-dozen	xviii by the ballot	For the purposes of this Code, an individual who is 17 years of age and who will be 18 years of age on the appointment of the general or consolidated election shall be accounted competent to execute and attest to any voter registration forms.
Indiana Ind. Code §3-7-thirteen-1	eighteen by the election	A person who: (1) volition be at to the lowest degree xviii (18) years of historic period at the next full 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 thirty (30) days; may, upon making a proper application nether this commodity, register to vote in that precinct.
Iowa Iowa Code Election Laws §48A.5(two) (Originally enacted by SF 2194 in 2010, amended by HF 516 in 2017)	17.5-twelvemonth-olds may preregister	2. To be qualified to register to vote an eligible elector shall: c. (1) Be at least eighteen years of age. Even so, for purposes of voting in the primary election, an eligible elector shall be at least eighteen years of historic period on the date of the respective general election or city election. Completed registration forms shall exist accepted from registrants who are at least seventeen years of historic period. For an election other than a primary election, the registration shall non be constructive until the registrant reaches the age of eighteen. The commissioner of registration shall ensure that the birth date shown on the registration course is at least seventeen years earlier than the date the registration is candy. (2) A registrant who is at least seventeen years of age and who will be eighteen by the appointment of a pending election is a registered voter for the pending election for purposes of chapter 53. For purposes of voting in a primary election under chapter 43, a registrant who volition be at least xviii years of age past the date of the respective general ballot or metropolis ballot is a registered voter for the awaiting master ballot.
Kansas Kan. Rev. Stat. §25-2306	18 past the election	The application for registration shall include a statement by the applicant that he will have reached the historic period of 18 (18) years before the next statewide full general ballot. No person may vote at any election until he has reached the age of eighteen (18) years.
Kentucky Ky. Rev. Stat. §116.045, §116.055	eighteen by the election.	Ky. Rev. Stat. §116.045(1) Any person may register as a voter during the period registration is open if he or she possesses, or will possess on the mean solar day of the adjacent regular election, the qualifications set forth in KRS 116.025. Ky. Rev. Stat. § 116.055… The qualifications shall be adamant as of the appointment of the master, without regard to the qualifications or disqualifications as they may exist at the succeeding regular election, except that minors seventeen (17) years of age who will become xviii (eighteen) years of historic period on or earlier the twenty-four hour period of the regular ballot shall be entitled to vote in the primary if otherwise qualified.
Louisiana Louis. Rev. Stat. 18:101 A(iii) (Enacted by HB 501 in 2014)	16-year-olds may preregister	(3) A person who is sixteen years of age may annals to vote in the mode provided in R.South. 18:114(B)(i) or past making application in person at the office of the registrar of voters. However, no one under the age of eighteen years shall be permitted to vote in any election
Maine 21- M.R.S.A. §155	17-twelvemonth-olds may preregister	The registrar shall conditionally have the registration and enrollment of any person who is 17 years of age and who is otherwise qualified to be a voter. The conditional registration automatically becomes effective on the person's 18th birthday and the registrant then is eligible to vote. A person who has registered nether this section and who has not attained eighteen years of age may vote past absentee ballot at whatever 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 ballot.
Maryland Doctor Elec. Police force §iii-102 (Enacted by HB 217 in 2010)	16-year-olds may preregister	(a)(ane) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this department, an private may become registered to vote if the private: (i) is a citizen of the United States; (two) is at least 16 years old; (3) is a resident of the State as of the day the individual seeks to register; and (iv) registers pursuant to this title. (2) Still paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection, an private under the age of xviii years: (i) may vote in a primary election in which candidates are nominated for a full general or special election that will occur when the individual is at to the lowest degree 18 years old; and (ii) may not vote in any other ballot.
Massachusetts M.G.L.A. 51 § 42 M.G.Fifty.A. 51 § 47A	xvi-year-olds may preregister	M.M.L.A. 51 § 42. Registration as a voter shall be by affirmation of registration made in conformity with the requirements of this chapter past whatever person at least sixteen years of age or older. G.G.L.A. 51 § 47A. If, later test of an affirmation of registration, it appears to the registrars that the person has all the qualifications to exist registered as a voter except that of age and the person has obtained the age of 16, then they shall enter the person's proper noun in the electric current almanac annals of voters with the designation "pre-registrant" or other term or code every bit specified past the state secretary. The designation shall be removed when the person, on or earlier the day of the next preliminary, primary, special or general ballot or town coming together, attains full age. No pre-registrant shall be immune to vote until the pre-registrant obtains total historic period unless otherwise permitted past law.
Michigan Thou.C.50.A. 168.492 How to Register to Vote	18 by the election	Each person who has the following qualifications of an elector, or who volition have those qualifications at the next election or primary ballot, is entitled to register every bit an elector in the township, city, or village in which he or she resides. The person shall be a citizen of the U.s.a.; not less than 18 years of historic period; a resident of the state for not less than xxx days; and a resident of the township, city, or village on or before the thirtieth day before the next regular or special election or main election.
Minnesota Minn. Stat. Ann. §201.071	18 past the election	The application must also incorporate the following certification of voter eligibility: "I certify that I: (1) will be at least 18 years sometime on election day… The certification must include boxes for the voter to respond to the following questions: "(1) Are you a citizen of the United States?" and "(2) Volition you be 18 years onetime on or before election day?"…
Mississippi Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-11	18 by the election	Every inhabitant of this state, except persons adjudicated to exist not compos mentis, who is a citizen of the United States of America, 18 (18) years old and up… Any person who volition be eighteen (18) years of age or older on or earlier the date of the general election and who is duly registered to vote non less than thirty (30) days before the chief election associated with the general ballot, may vote in the chief election fifty-fifty though the person has not reached his or her eighteenth birthday at the time that the person seeks to vote at the main election. No others than those specified in this department shall be entitled, or shall be immune, to vote at any election.
Missouri Mo. Rev. Stat §115.133(1) (Enacted past HB 23 in 1993)	17.five-year-olds may preregister	Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, any denizen of the The states who is a resident of the State of Missouri and seventeen years and half dozen months of historic period or older shall be entitled to register and to vote in whatsoever election which is held on or afterward his eighteenth birthday.
Montana MCA 13-2-205	eighteen by the election	An individual who is non eligible to register because of residence or age requirements but who volition exist eligible on or earlier election mean solar day may apply for voter registration pursuant to 13-ii-110 and exist registered subject to verification procedures established pursuant to 13-2-109.
Nebraska Neb. Rev. Stat §32-110	eighteen past the election	Elector shall mean a denizen of the United States whose residence is within the country and who is at least eighteen years of age or is seventeen years of age and will reach the age of eighteen years on or earlier the first Tuesday subsequently the outset 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 citizen of the United States who is 17 years of age or older but less than 18 years of age and has continuously resided in this Land for thirty days or longer may preregister to vote by any of the means available for a person to register to vote pursuant to this championship. 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:seven	xviii past the election	I. Whatsoever person registering to vote shall be: (a) At to the lowest degree 18 years of age on the day of the next election; and
New Jersey NJ R.South. 19:31-5 (Enacted past SB 832 in 2015)	17-year-olds may preregister	Each person, who is at to the lowest degree 17 years of age at the time he or she applies for registration, who resides in the district in which he or she expects to vote, who will be of the age of 18 years or more 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 district until that election, volition at the time have fulfilled all the requirements as to length of residence to qualify him or her equally a legal voter, shall, unless otherwise disqualified, be entitled to be registered in such district. Each 17-year-old registrant shall exist designated in the Statewide voter registration system every bit temporarily ineligible to vote until the registrant'due south 18th birthday
New United mexican states N. Thousand. Stat. Ann. § 1-4-2	eighteen past the election	A. Any resident of New United mexican states who will exist a qualified elector at the date of the next ensuing general election shall be permitted within the provisions of the Election Code to register and become a voter. B. If a person who is seventeen years old will be a qualified elector on the day of the general election and registers to vote in accordance with the provisions of Subsection A of this section, for the purposes of the chief election, that person shall be considered to be a voter and may vote in the master election immediately preceding that general election.
New York McKinney's Election Law § five-210, § 5-507	sixteen-year-olds may preregister	Department 5-507. Voter pre-registration and didactics on voter pre-registration. 1. Pre-registration. A person who is at to the lowest degree sixteen years of historic period and who is otherwise qualified to register to vote may pre-register to vote, and shall exist automatically registered upon reaching the age of eligibility as provided by this chapter.
North Carolina Northward.C.Grand.S.A. § 163-82.one Note: Pre-registration was removed past HB 589 in 2013. That law was subsequently struck down by the 4^th U.S. Court of Appeals, leaving sixteen-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 least 16 years of age just will not be eighteen years of historic period past the date of the next election and who is otherwise qualified to register may preregister to vote and shall be automatically registered upon reaching the age of eligibility following verification of the person's qualifications and address in accord with Yard.S. 163-82.seven.
North Dakota N.D. Cent. Code § 16.ane-01-04	18 at ballot	North Dakota does not have voter registration, but: ane. To qualify as an elector of this land, an individual must be: a. A citizen of the United states of america; b. Eighteen years or older; and c. A resident of this state who has resided in the precinct at least thirty days immediately preceding any ballot.
Ohio OH Rev. Code §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 state thirty days immediately preceding the election at which the citizen offers to vote, is a resident of the county and precinct in which the citizen 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 citizen resides.
Oklahoma OK Const. Art. 3, § 1 26 Okl. Stat. Ann. § iv-103	18 by the election	OK Const. Art. 3, § 1. Field of study to such exceptions as the Legislature may prescribe, all citizens of the The states, over the historic period of eighteen (18) years, who are bona fide residents of this land, are qualified electors of this state. 26 Okl. Stat. Ann. § 4-103. Any person who will go a qualified elector during the sixty (threescore) days before the adjacent ensuing ballot at which he could vote shall be entitled to become a registered voter of the precinct of his or her residence not more than than threescore (threescore) and not less than xx-iv (24) days prior to said election.
Oregon ORS §247.016 (Originally enacted by HB 2910 in 2007. SB 802 in 2017 reduced preregistration age from 17 to 16).	xvi-year-olds may preregister	(1) Subject field to this section, an otherwise qualified person who is at least xvi years of historic period may register to vote. (2) A person who registers to vote under subsection (1) of this section may non vote in an election until the person attains the age of 18 years. (three) If a person who registers to vote nether subsection (one) of this section will be under xviii years of age on the date of the next election held on a date listed in ORS 171.185 or the next special election, the person's voter registration information, including only not limited to the person's name and whatsoever 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 ballot	(a) Eligibility.--An individual who will be at least 18 years of age on the 24-hour interval of the adjacent election, who has been a citizen of the The states for at least one month prior to the next election and who has resided in this Democracy and the ballot district where the individual offers to vote for at least 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 five years shall be eligible to annals as provided in this affiliate.
Rhode Island RI Gen. Laws §17-ix.1-33	16-twelvemonth-olds may preregister, and 17-twelvemonth-olds may register if they will be 18 by the election	(a) Every person who has reached the age of eighteen (18) years or who is seventeen (17) years of age and volition be eighteen (18) years of age by the date of the next election, and is otherwise qualified to register may do so for that election. (b) A person who is otherwise qualified to register and is at least sixteen (16) years of historic period, but will not exist eighteen (eighteen) years of age by the date of the next election, may preregister upon satisfactory proof of age and shall be automatically registered upon reaching eighteen (18) years of age.
S Carolina S.C. Code § 7-v-120 S.C. Const. Fine art. II, § 4 Due south Carolina Voter Registration Data	eighteen by the election	(A) Every citizen of this Land and the U.s. who applies for registration must be registered if he meets the post-obit qualifications: (1) meets the age qualification every bit provided in Section 4, Article II of the Constitution of this State; S.C. Const. Art. 2, § 4. Every citizen of the The states and of this State of the age of eighteen and up who is properly registered is entitled to vote every bit provided by constabulary.
South Dakota SDCL § 12-3-ane SDCL § 12-iv-1	18 past the ballot	SDCL § 12-3-1. Every person resident of this state who shall be of the historic period of 18 years and upwards, not otherwise disqualified, who shall take complied with the provisions of constabulary relating to the registration of voters shall be entitled to vote at whatsoever ballot in this state. SDCL § 12-iv-1. Every person residing within the country who has the qualifications of a voter prescribed by § 12-3-1 or 12-3-one.1, or who volition have such qualifications at the adjacent ensuing municipal, primary, general, or school commune election, shall be entitled to exist registered every bit a voter in the voting precinct in which he resides.
Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § ii-2-104	18 by the election	The post-obit persons may register permanently under this title: (3) A person who will be eighteen (18) years of age on or before the appointment of the next election later the person applies to register and who is otherwise eligible to register.
Texas Tex. El. Code Ann § xiii.001	Individuals 17 years and ten months onetime may register	(b) To be eligible to apply for registration, a person must, on the date the registration application is submitted to the registrar, be at least 17 years and 10 months of historic period and satisfy the requirements of Subsection (a) except for age.
Utah UT Code 20A-2-101.1	sixteen-yr-olds may preregister	(1) An individual may preregister to vote if the individual: (a) is 16 or 17 years of age; (b) will not exist 18 years of age before the next election; (c) is a denizen of the Usa; (d) has been a resident of Utah for at least xxx days; and (due east) currently resides within the voting commune or precinct in which the private preregisters to vote. (2) An private described in Subsection (1) may non vote in an election and is not registered to vote until: (a) the individual is at to the lowest degree xviii years of age; and (b) the county clerk registers the individual to vote under Subsection (4).
Vermont 17 5.S.A. § 2121	xviii past the election	(a) Any person may register to vote in the town of his or her residence in any election held in a political subdivision of this state in which he or she resides who, on ballot twenty-four hours: (one) is a citizen of the The states; (2) is a resident of the state of Vermont; (3) has taken the voter'south oath; and (iv) is 18 years of age or more than. (b) Whatever person meeting the requirements of subdivisions (a)(1)-(3) of this section who will be 18 years of age on or before the engagement of a general election may register and vote in the primary ballot immediately preceding that full general election.
Virginia VA Code Ann. § 24.ii-403.1	16-twelvemonth-olds may preregister	Any person who is otherwise qualified and is sixteen years of historic period or older, but who will non be xviii years of age on or before the mean solar day of the next general election, may preregister to vote.
Washington Rev. Lawmaking of Wash. 29A.08.230 *Effective July 1, 2019 Rev. Lawmaking of Wash. 29A.08.170 will allow xvi and 17-year-olds to preregister.	18 before the election	Rev. Code of Launder. 29A.08.230. For all voter registrations, the registrant shall sign the post-obit oath: "I declare that the facts on this voter registration course are truthful. I am a denizen of the United states, I will take lived at this address in Washington for at least thirty days immediately before the side by side ballot at which I vote, I will be at least eighteen 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 confidence."
West Virginia W. Va. Code §3-2-two	17-yr-olds may preregister	(a) Any person who possesses the constitutional qualifications for voting may register to vote. To be qualified, a person must be a citizen of the United States and a legal resident of West Virginia and of the canton where he or she is applying to register, shall exist at least eighteen years of age, except that a person who is at least seventeen years of age and who volition be eighteen years of age by the time of the next ensuing general election may as well be permitted to register, and shall not exist otherwise legally disqualified: Provided, That a registered voter who has not reached 18 years of age may vote both partisan and nonpartisan ballots in a federal, state, county, municipal or special chief election if he or she will exist 18 years of historic period past the fourth dimension of the corresponding general election.
Wisconsin Wis. Stat. Ann. §half dozen.05	18 by the election	Whatsoever person who will exist 18 years sometime on or before election day is entitled to vote if the person complies with this chapter.
Wyoming Wyo. Stat. §22-3-102	18 past the election	(a) A person may register to vote not less than fourteen (14) days before an election, at any election specified in W.Due south. 22-2-101(a)(i) through (8) or as provided by W. Southward. 22-3-117, who satisfies the following qualifications: (i) He is a citizen of the United States; (ii) He volition exist at least eighteen (xviii) years of historic period on the twenty-four hours of the side by side general election provided he shall non exist permitted to vote until he has attained the historic period of 18 (18);

Additional Resources

NCSL'south newsletter The Sail commodity on increasing youth turnout
Commodity in the Legislation and Public Policy Periodical Registering the Youth Through Voter Preregistration
Written report from the Commission on Youth Voting and Civic Knowledge All Together Now: Collaboration and Innovation for Youth Appointment
Voting Age for Primary Elections