The 2026 Elections Are Underway: It’s Time to Prepare to Vote

Although the calendar still shows several weeks until Tuesday, November 3, there’s one thing we all need to be very clear about in the United States: the 2026 elections have already begun. North Carolina started sending out absentee ballots on September 4; Alabama began its process on the 9th; in Wisconsin, election officials were supposed to begin distributing them no later than September 17, and in Pennsylvania, some counties are already sending ballots by mail. And in the coming weeks, many o