Primary Election
Date:
Aug 18, 2026
Time:
7:00 am – 7:00 pm
Registration Deadline: July 20, 2026
Election Day: August 18, 2026
Key dates for the 2026 Primary Election
- Deadline to submit petitions for Judicial Candidates: March 23, 2026 at noon
- Pre-qualifying for Judicial Candidates begins: April 6, 2026
- Qualifying for Judicial Candidates: April 20 – 24, 2026
(Begins at noon and will end at noon) - Deadline to submit petitions for County Candidates: May 11, 2026 at noon
- Pre-qualifying for County Candidates begins: May 25, 2026
- Qualifying for County Candidates: June 8 – 12, 2026
(Begins at noon and will end at noon) - Deadline to send vote-by-mail ballots to UOCAVA voters: July 4, 2026
- Ballots to be mailed to domestic voters: July 9, 2026
- Voter or designee may pick up a ballot: July 9, 2026
- Deadline to register to vote: July 20, 2026
- Deadline to request a ballot to be mailed: August 6, 2026
- Early voting period: August 6 – 15, 2026
(8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, including Saturday and Sunday) - Election Day: August 18, 2026
2026 Primary Resource Allocation Report
2026 Primary Canvassing Board Schedule
2026 Primary Sample Ballots Now Available