The 2026 midterm cycle · civic reference no. 01

Every election date, held to a higher standard.

Midterm Watch tracks official election dates and voter deadlines back to their source—so the civic calendar stays straight, legible, and accountable.

Election day · general

24days until
Nov 3Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Counted in civil calendar days from this edition. Every date this board shows traces to an official source on the record below.

Edition built Saturday, October 10, 2026. Once scripts load, your device date refreshes this count.

74verified records

50states + DC

59official sources

Nov 3general election

Cycle at a glance

The road to November

A compact view of the reviewed dates in this edition—not a forecast, but an accountable calendar.

Apr0

May0

Jun0

Jul0

Aug14

Sep4

Oct0

Nov0

Nov. 3 · General

Bars count primary elections with a reviewed record in this edition (18 of 51 jurisdictions), not every primary of the cycle.

Registration, state by state

The deadline map. No photos required.

49 of 51 state desks carry a sourced registration deadline for the Nov 3 general — the earliest closes Oct 4. This board is drawn from the same reviewed records as every date on this site.

WA MT ND MN WI MI VT NH ME

OR ID SD IA IL IN OH PA NY MA

CA NV WY NE MO KY WV VA MD NJ CT RI

AZ UT CO KS AR TN NC SC DE DC

NM TX OK LA MS AL GA FL

AK HI

Days to register:≤ 78–1415–2122–30> 30No statewide date on file; NH registration timing varies by municipality (6–13 days before Election Day)No registration required (ND)

Each tile shows days until that state’s registration deadline for the general election, from this edition’s reviewed records. States differ: many offer same-day registration even after the mailed/online cutoff — open a state desk for the sourced dates and rules.

The national desk