The Roadmap · 2026 midterms · 50 states and DC

How to vote, wherever you live

Pick your state. You get the real registration and voting deadlines for 2026 — every one of them pulled from that state’s own election office, with the link right there so you can check it yourself. Print it. Stick it on the fridge.


What we have, honestly

Where this page is complete, and where it isn’t

Beta means incomplete, never fake. These counts are generated from the data file itself every time this page is rebuilt — nobody types them in by hand.

51
States & DC with a 2026 record
46
With a registration deadline on file
30
With early-voting dates on file
1
With primary dates on file

If your state shows a gap, that is a real gap in our data — not a claim that your state has no such rule. The Secretary of State link on every state panel is the authority; it is always right, and it is always free to check.


Why this exists

The cheat sheet nobody hands you

Every state writes its own rules, publishes them on its own website, in its own format, and then assumes you found it. Nebraska is our home state and our template — the deep lesson for Nebraska walks through registration, ID, and deadlines in full. The rest of the country gets the same dates, from the same kind of official source, on one page.

Trust, but verify. Nothing here is our opinion. Every line is a date your state published, and a link back to where it published it.

Want the steps instead of the table? This page is the full reference — every date your state published, all at once. If what you actually want is “tell me the next thing to do,” that is a different page: the seven-step walkthrough →