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2026 Elections: Important Dates & Deadlines
General Election: November 3rd, 2026
Early In-Person Voting: October 5 – 29
(At Your Municipal Clerk’s Office)
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Absentee Ballots Begin Mailing: October 5
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Online Voter Registration Deadline: October 13
Mail-in Voter Registration Deadline: October 13
DMV Voter Registration Deadline: October 27
Last Day for Early In-Person Voting: October 29
Absentee Ballot Receipt Deadline: November 3 (By 8:00 PM)
Election Day: November 3, 2026
(Polls Close at 8:00 PM)
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HCDC News
- BLUE WAVE GALA!
Impressions from Mike McMillen, Brooksville I attended the Democratic Party Blue Wave Gala in South Portland with our daughter… Read more: BLUE WAVE GALA! - October Message from the Chair
Well the polls are tempting us again. And it seems so reasonable to believe them. Gas prices are stubbornly… Read more: October Message from the Chair
HCDC Letters to the Editor
- Protect our Social SecurityThis letter appeared in The Ellsworth American on Oct. 19. To the Editor: The Trustees of the Social Security Trust Fund have projected that without action… Read more: Protect our Social Security
- What Trump has done to healthThis letter appeared in The Ellsworth American on Oct. 17 as Not MAHA and the Mount Desert Islander on Oct. 19 as What Trump… Read more: What Trump has done to health
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