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Federal Election Activity periods for each state (2020)

According to Federal Election Commission regulations concerning "Federal Election Activity" (FEA), political party committees that conduct FEA must pay for this activity with federally permissible funds or, in some cases, may allocate the costs between federal and Levin funds or pay for them entirely with federal funds. For more information, please consult the regulations, referenced above, or see the FEC website for political party committees' making disbursements section.

In order to help committees determine whether their planned voter registration, voter identification, get-out-the-vote and generic campaign activities will constitute FEA, this chart lists the relevant FEA time frames for each state.

NOTE: Some state filing deadlines for primary ballot access and party nominating convention dates are still pending. This chart will be updated as additional information becomes available.

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Federal Election Activity periods for each state (2020)

State	FEA Period for Voter ID, Generic Campaign Activity & GOTV	FEA Voter Registration Period(s)
Alabama	11/08/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/04/2019 - 03/03/2020;¹ 03/16/2020 - 11/03/2020
Alaska	01/24/2020 - 11/03/2020	12/12/2019 - 04/10/2020;² 04/20/2020 - 11/03/2020
American Samoa	09/01/2020^* - 11/03/2020	11/04/2019 - 03/03/2020; 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Arizona	12/09/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/18/2019 - 03/17/2020; 04/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Arkansas	11/12/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/04/2019 - 03/31/2020; 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
California	11/15/2019 - 11/03/2020³	11/04/2019 - 03/03/2020; 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Colorado	12/09/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/04/2019 - 06/30/2020; 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Connecticut	03/06/2020 - 11/03/2020	01/08/2020 - 11/03/2020⁴^,⁺⁺
Delaware	02/28/2020 - 11/03/2020	03/09/2020 - 11/03/2020⁵
District of Columbia	03/04/2020 - 11/03/2020	02/03/2020 - 06/02/2020; 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Florida	11/30/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/18/2019 - 03/17/2020; 04/20/2020 - 11/03/2020
Georgia	02/21/2020 - 01/05/2021⁶	02/10/2020 - 01/05/2021⁷
Guam	06/30/2020^* - 11/17/2020	11/15/2019 - 06/06/2020;⁸,⁹ 07/06/2020 - 11/17/2020
Hawaii	06/02/2020^* - 11/03/2020	11/11/2019 - 11/03/2020¹⁰
Idaho	12/11/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/11/2019 - 06/02/2020;¹¹ 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Illinois	12/02/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/18/2019 - 03/17/2020; 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Indiana	02/07/2020 - 11/03/2020	11/08/2019 - 06/02/2020;¹²^,⁺ 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Iowa	03/13/2020^* - 11/03/2020	02/03/2020 – 06/02/2020; 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Kansas	02/17/2020 - 11/03/2020	12/20/2019 - 11/03/2020⁺⁺
Kentucky	01/10/2020 - 11/03/2020	02/24/2020 - 06/23/2020;¹³ 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Louisiana	01/10/2020 - 12/05/2020	03/13/2020 - 12/05/2020¹⁴
Maine	12/23/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/04/2019 - 03/03/2020;¹⁵ 03/16/2020 - 11/03/2020
Maryland	10/28/2019 - 11/03/2020¹⁶	02/03/2020 - 06/02/2020;¹⁷ 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Massachusetts	01/03/2020 - 11/03/2020	11/04/2019 - 03/03/2020; 05/18/2020 - 11/03/2020
Michigan	12/13/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/11/2019 - 11/03/2020⁺⁺
Minnesota	06/02/2020^* - 11/03/2020	11/04/2019 - 03/03/2020; 04/13/2020 - 11/03/2020
Mississippi	01/10/2020 - 11/03/2020	11/11/2019 - 06/23/2020;¹⁸ 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Missouri	12/24/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/11/2019 - 03/10/2020; 04/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Montana	03/02/2020 - 11/03/2020	02/03/2020 - 06/02/2020; 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Nebraska	02/18/2020 - 11/03/2020	01/13/2020 - 05/12/2020; 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Nevada	03/13/2020^* - 11/03/2020	10/25/2019 - 06/09/2020; 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
New Hampshire	11/15/2019 - 11/03/2020	10/14/2019 - 02/11/2020; 05/11/2020 - 11/03/2020
New Jersey	03/30/2020 - 11/03/2020	03/09/2020 - 11/03/2020¹⁹
New Mexico	03/10/2020 - 11/03/2020	02/03/2020 - 06/02/2020; 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
New York	02/06/2020 - 11/03/2020	02/24/2020 - 06/23/2020;²⁰ 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
North Carolina	12/20/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/04/2019 - 06/23/2020;²¹ 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
North Dakota	04/06/2020^* - 11/03/2020	11/11/2019 - 06/09/2020; 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Northern Mariana Islands	08/05/2020^* - 11/03/2020	11/15/2019 - 03/15/2020; 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Ohio	12/18/2019 - 11/03/2020	12/30/2019 - 04/28/2020;²² 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Oklahoma	12/04/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/04/2019 - 11/03/2020
Oregon	03/10/2020 - 11/03/2020	01/20/2020 - 11/03/2020⁺⁺
Pennsylvania	02/18/2020 - 11/03/2020	02/03/2020 - 06/02/2020;²³ 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Puerto Rico	12/30/2019 - 11/03/2020	03/14/2020 - 11/03/2020²⁴
Rhode Island	01/25/2020 - 11/03/2020	02/03/2020 - 11/03/2020²⁵
South Carolina	12/04/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/01/2019 - 06/23/2020;⁺ 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
South Dakota	03/31/2020 - 11/03/2020	01/10/2020 - 11/03/2020⁺⁺
Tennessee	12/03/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/04/2019 - 03/03/2020; 04/08/2020 - 11/03/2020
Texas	12/09/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/04/2019 - 11/03/2020²⁶^,⁺⁺
Utah	12/02/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/04/2019 - 06/30/2020;⁺ 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Vermont	12/16/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/04/2019 - 03/03/2020; 04/13/2020 - 11/03/2020
Virgin Islands	05/12/2020 - 11/17/2020	02/07/2020 - 11/17/2020
Virginia	12/12/2019 - 11/03/2020	11/04/2019 - 11/03/2020²⁷^,⁺⁺
Washington	01/03/2020 - 11/03/2020	11/11/2019 - 03/10/2020; 04/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
West Virginia	01/25/2020 - 11/03/2020	12/06/2019 - 06/09/2020;²⁸^,⁺ 07/06/2020 - 11/03/2020
Wisconsin	10/19/2019 - 11/03/2020²⁹	12/09/2019 - 04/07/2020; 04/13/2020 - 11/03/2020
Wyoming	05/29/2020^* - 11/03/2020	12/19/2019 - 11/03/2020³⁰