Elections
2026 General Election — West Virginia
Early voting in West Virginia runs 2026-10-21 to 2026-10-31 (West Virginia Secretary of State, read 2026-09-14).
Register to vote by 2026-10-13 (West Virginia Secretary of State, read 2026-08-27).
Request a mail ballot by: 2026-10-28 (West Virginia Secretary of State, read 2026-09-14) — your application must be in by this date.
Mail ballot must be postmarked by: 2026-11-03 (West Virginia Secretary of State, read 2026-09-14) — your completed ballot must be postmarked by this date.
2026 General Election in West Virginia is held on 2026-11-03. Rallybase holds 3 contests for it, with 28 filings across them, read on 2026-07-18.
These are the seats whose filings we have read. A ballot also carries state and local offices and ballot measures, and this page does not claim to be one.
- Election day
- State
- West Virginia
- Register to vote by
- 2026-10-13
- Request a mail ballot by
- 2026-10-28
- Early voting opens
- 2026-10-21
- Early voting ends
- 2026-10-31
- Mail ballot must be postmarked by
- 2026-11-03
- Contests Rallybase holds
- 3
- Filings across them
- 28
- Read on
The contests on this page
- U.S. House — WV-018 filings
- U.S. House — WV-027 filings
- U.S. Senate13 filings
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Questions this page answers
- When is early voting in West Virginia for the 2026 General Election?
- Early voting in West Virginia runs 2026-10-21 to 2026-10-31. Source: West Virginia Secretary of State · read 2026-09-14
- When is the voter registration deadline in West Virginia for the 2026 General Election?
- The registration deadline in West Virginia is 2026-10-13. Source: West Virginia Secretary of State · read 2026-08-27
- When is the deadline to request a mail ballot in West Virginia?
- Request a mail ballot by: 2026-10-28 — your application must be in by this date. Source: West Virginia Secretary of State · read 2026-09-14
- When must a mail ballot be back in West Virginia?
- Mail ballot must be postmarked by: 2026-11-03 — your completed ballot must be postmarked by this date. Source: West Virginia Secretary of State · read 2026-09-14
- When is the 2026 General Election in West Virginia?
- Election day in West Virginia is 2026-11-03. Source: the state's own election information · read 2026-07-18
What Rallybase does not know here
- The state and local offices and ballot measures on this ballot. Rallybase reads federal filings from the Federal Election Commission; a state does not publish its whole ballot there, and we have not read one elsewhere.