UPCOMING DATES ON THE 2018 ELECTION CALENDAR

Feb. 19: Boards of elections must certify the validity and sufficiency of partisan candidates’ petitions. Feb. 26: Write-in candidates for May 8 primary election must file declarations of intent by 4 p.m. April 9: Deadline for voter registration for May 8 primary election. May 5: Applications for absentee ballots to be mailed for May 8 primary election must be received by boards of elections by noon. May 8: Primary election. May 29: Boards of elections must complete canvass of May 8 primary election ballots no later than this date. Aug. 8: Constitutional amendments proposed by joint resolution of the General Assembly must be filed with Secretary of State. Nominating petitions of candidates in nonpartisan races must be filed by 4 p.m. Local questions and issues for Nov. 6 general election, including local option petitions, must be certified to or filed with boards of elections by 4 p.m. Aug. 20: Boards of elections must certify the validity and sufficiency of candidates’ petitions in nonpartisan races. Boards of elections must certify the validity and sufficiency of local option petitions. Aug. 27: Write-in candidates for Nov. 6 general election must file declarations of intent by 4 p.m. Oct. 9: Deadline for voter registration for Nov. 6 general election. Nov. 3: Applications for absentee ballots to be mailed for Nov. 6 general election must be received by boards of elections by noon. Nov. 6: General Election. Nov. 27: Boards of elections must complete canvass of Nov. 6 general election ballots no later than this date.

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