Time Off for Voting - Voter Participation Center

State	Time Off for Voting	Paid/Unpaid	Statutory Provision
Alabama	One hour	Unpaid	Ala. Code § 17-1-5
Alaska	Unspecified length of time	Paid	Alaska Stat. § 15.56.100
Arizona	Three hours	Paid	Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-402
Arkansas	Unspecified length of time	Unpaid	Ark. Code § 7-1-102
California (CA)	Two hours	Paid	CA Elec Code § 14000
Colorado	Two hours	Paid	Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-102
Connecticut
Delaware
DC
Florida
Georgia	Two hours	Unpaid	GA Code § 21-2-404
Hawaii	Two hours	Paid	HI Rev. Stat. § 11-95
Idaho
Illinois	Two hours	Paid	10 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/17-15
Indiana
Iowa	Three hours	Paid	Iowa Code 49.109 Employees entitled to time to vote.
Kansas	Two hours	Paid	Kan. Stat. § 25-418
Kentucky	“Reasonable time, but not less than 4 hours”	Unpaid	Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 118.035(2)-(3)
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland	Two hours	Paid	MD Elec Law Code § 10-315
Massachusetts (MA)	Two hours; applies to certain industries only	Unpaid	Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, §178
Michigan
Minnesota	Unspecified length of time	Paid	Minn Stat. § 204C.04
Mississippi
Missouri	Three hours	Paid	Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.639
Montana
Nebraska	Two hours	Paid	Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-922
Nevada	1-3 hours depending on distance from polls	Paid	Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.463
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico	Two hours	Paid	N.M. Stat. Ann. § 1-12-42
New York	Two hours	Paid	N.Y. Elec. Law § 3-110
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio	“Reasonable amount of time”	Paid	Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.06
Oklahoma	Typically 2 hours	Paid	Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 26, § 7-101
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota	Two hours	Paid	S.D. Codified Laws § 12-3-5
Tennessee	Three hours	Paid	Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-1-106
Texas	Unspecified length of time	Paid	Tex. Elec. Code Ann. § 276.004
Utah	Two hours	Paid	Utah Code Ann. § 20A-3-103
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia	Three hours	Paid	W. Va. Code § 3-1-42
Wisconsin	Three hours	Unpaid	Wis. Stat. § 6.76
Wyoming	One hour	Paid	Wyo. Stat. § 22-2-111

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