2026 state election calendars

State election sites will tell you when to register, when early voting opens, and when your ballot is due. What they rarely show is what happens after the polls close, or how election results actually become official. Our 2026 election calendars map the whole sequence for each state on a single page: the first mailed ballot, the receipt deadline, the county canvass, state certification, recount and contest windows, the certificate of election that seats a member of Congress, and January 3, when the new Congress convenes. Each date is drawn directly from state statute and cited on the page, so the full arc of an election — from the first ballot to a sworn-in member of Congress — is visible in one place.

View the state election calendars

View the master calendar for every state