🚨 Your 2026 Primary Election Guide: Calendar, Activist Links, and Donation Links 🚨

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I'm starting to piece together the election calendar for this year. Right now it's in a rudimentary stage and I'll certainly be updating frequently until General Election Day, including links and other info.

Please let me know if there are any broken links, or any incorrect or incomplete information, and I will make the necessary corrections.

Note – if you do anything by mail, be sure to mail things in WELL IN ADVANCE. I personally would recommend at least 10 days, especially for submitting absentee ballots. Remember, we’re still dealing with DeJoy’s postal system! (DeJoy himself might be gone, but his postal complex is still in place.)


Donation Sites

Click here to go to ActBlue and donate to Democrats:
https://www.forwardblue.org/

Omaha Steve’s post about DU Act Blue 2026 fundraisers for congress, etc.:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218885532

A caveat: ActBlue keeps a small percentage of your donation. So if you want a candidate or entity to have all of your donation, write a check to the candidate directly.


Activist Sites

Democratic Freedom Caucus Guide For Activists:
https://www.democraticfreedomcaucus.org/guide-for-activists/

Indivisible, for protests and activism:
https://indivisible.org/

Swing Left Dot Org
https://swingleft.org/statements/3-to-win

ACLU Activism
https://www.aclu.org/action

10 Crucial Things You Can Do This Year -- by Robert Reich
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026?utm_medium=email

Things you can do other than voting or protesting (thanks to WhiskyGrinder for this):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OSWxykA1WHOi0vTPLAJDaCeVhR3uSfh7PhlCj4t4yT0/edit?tab=t.0


Voting Information

In Arizona you’re required to provide a birth certificate (or passport) in order to register to vote in state elections, so if that affects you, be sure to act on it early. hlthe2b’s thread about how doing so can be quite costly!
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220668602


2026 Election Calendar

Thursday, February 5
Illinois state primary: early voting begins. Details here:
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-early-voting-2026-primary-election
New Jersey-11: primary for special election

Tuesday, February 17 – Friday, February 27
Texas early voting for primary

Tuesday, March 3
Arkansas state primary
North Carolina state primary
Texas state primary

Sunday, March 8
Daylight Saving Time begins

Tuesday, March 10
Georgia-14: special election to fill Marjorie Taylor Greene's seat (if necessary, run-off on April 7)
Mississippi state primary

Tuesday, March 17
Illinois state primary

Saturday, March 28
"No Kings" protests nationwide
Info and sign-up here: https://www.nokings.org/
More info here: https://indivisible.actionkit.com/mailings/view/123716

Thursday, April 16
New Jersey-11 special election

Tuesday, May 5
Indiana state primary
Ohio state primary

Tuesday, May 12
Nebraska state primary
West Virginia state primary

Saturday, May 16
Louisiana state primary

Tuesday, May 19
Alabama state primary
Georgia state primary
Idaho state primary
Kentucky state primary
Oregon state primary
Pennsylvania state primary

Tuesday, June 2
California state primary
Iowa state primary
Montana state primary
New Jersey state primary
New Mexico state primary
South Dakota state primary

Tuesday, June 9
Maine state primary
Nevada state primary
North Dakota state primary
South Carolina state primary

Tuesday, June 16
Oklahoma state primary
Virginia state primary

Tuesday, June 23
Maryland state primary
New York state primary
Utah state primary

Tuesday, June 30
Colorado state primary

Tuesday, August 4
Arizona state primary
Kansas state primary
Michigan state primary
Missouri state primary
Washington state primary

Thursday, August 6
Tennessee state primary

Saturday, August 8
Hawaii state primary

Tuesday, August 11
Connecticut state primary
Minnesota state primary
Vermont state primary
Wisconsin state primary

Tuesday, August 18
Alaska state primary
Florida state primary
Wyoming state primary

Tuesday, September 1
Massachusetts state primary

Tuesday, September 8
New Hampshire state primary
Rhode Island state primary

Tuesday, September 15
Delaware state primary

End of primary season

Sunday, November 1
Daylight Saving Time ends

Tuesday, November 3
General Election Day


"Flip the House!" (38 GOP-held seats considered vulnerable to Democrats on Reddit)

[democrank]

1. Kicking with enthusiasm!

Thank you so much for posting this important information. I appreciate it.

[2naSalit]

2. K&R

[malaise]

3. Yeah

Spread far and wide

[Cha]

4. Hey Cool.. you have it Pinned,,

Mahalo, Wednesdays!

[malaise]

5. Spread this too

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220943730#post4

[niyad]

6. KNR and bookmarking

[bigtree]

7. k&r

[Lydia1]

8. Staying Engaged in 2026: Primary Election Dates, Activism, and Donations

This is a really helpful roundup—thanks for putting it together. Having the primary election calendar, along with direct activist and donation links, makes it much easier for people to stay informed and actually take action instead of just reading headlines. Resources like this are especially useful for first-time voters or anyone trying to get more involved locally. Bookmarked for reference

[KS Toronado]

9. Welcome to DU !

[TBF]

10. There's a lot going on -

like ACLU's big call tonight at 8 eastern; and I'm sure Indivisible is having calls this week (you can probably get details w/a google search - I reposted the ACLU on Bluesky this am). People have had more than enough of this Nazi regime. Welcome to DU!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Welcome to DU

[artemisia1]

12. Welcome to DU!

[Filla22]

13. Your 2026 Primary Election Guide: Calendar, Activist Links, and Donation Links

“Thanks for putting this together! Super helpful to see all the dates and links in one place. Definitely going to make sure I register early and plan ahead for mail-in ballots.”

[KS Toronado]

14. "register early" ? Are you a first time voter?

And welcome to DU !

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. Welcome to DU

[malaise]

17. Adding this ad

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220982377#post2

[CrispyQ]

18. Thank you for this great thread!

Does anyone know, if the Senate were to pass the SAVE act in the next few months, would the midterms be affected?

Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (H.R. 22 / S. 128 in the 119th Congress, 2025-2026)

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-save-act-overview-and-facts/

snip...

Quick summary

The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act would require all American citizens registering to vote or updating their registration information to present documentary proof of citizenship in person. For the vast majority of Americans, this would be a passport or birth certificate.

Government-issued driver’s licenses—including REAL IDs—as well as military or tribal IDs do not satisfy the bill’s requirements.

The legislation would invert the responsibility to verify a person’s eligibility and citizenship status from election officials and the government onto every single American citizen, making citizens convince the government that they’re eligible to exercise their right to vote.

The SAVE Act would change the way all citizens register to vote upon enactment. It would upend online voter registration, make it impossible to mail in a registration application, and eliminate voter registration drives.

Wasn't Real ID a fed program & now it's not good enough?