Here is what is open and closed nationwide on Election Day 2026. While it is a state holiday in several states, it is not a federal holiday. Election Day is not one of the 11 federal holidays for 2026. The next federal holiday is Veterans Day, which is observed on Wednesday, Nov. 11.

Election officials have spent months preparing to run the 2026 vote — and bracing for what could disrupt it. They’re training workers, tightening security and readying legal challenges for threats that could stretch well beyond Election Day.

If you're planning to vote with a mail-in ballot, don't drop it off at your polling place in Pennsylvania. The poll workers there will not be able to accept that ballot. You can, however, surrender your mail-in ballot, sign a declaration and vote in person if you choose.

The districts that will decide control of the House and Senate next year are spread across the country. Voting officials in those places may face scrutiny and pressure they've never experienced.

The party’s moderate and far-left factions are already finger-pointing over who has hurt Democrats more in the midterms.

America is heading to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 3, but is the weather going to disrupt voting plans? According to the forecast, rain and thunderstorms could complicate things in the southern United States.

Lower courts rejected the Trump administration's effort to block California from counting alleged noncitizen votes.

Do you know where your New York or New Jersey polling place is for the 2026 midterm elections? Here's how to find out.