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Attachment 1: Mail Ballot Timeline Calendar (2026)
Timeline calendar illustrating key dates for printing, delivery, issuance and receipt deadlines of mail ballot packages for the 2026 election (includes advanced polling and general voting day context).
Key facts
- Ballot order earliest: Sept 22, 2026
- Potential delivery/testing of ballots: Sept 28 - Oct 6, 2026
- Period for mail ballot distribution/return: Oct 6-17, 2026
- General Voting Day: Oct 17, 2026
- Statutory holidays noted: Sept 30 and Oct 12, 2026
SEPTEMBER 2026
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 21 | 22 BALLOTS SENT TO PRINTER |
23 PRINTING |
24 PRINTING |
25 PRINTING |
26 |
| 27 | 28 PRINTING OR SHIPPING |
29 PRINTING OR SHIPPING |
30 STATUTORY HOLIDAY – No mail delivery |
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OCTOBER 2026
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 PRINTING/ SHIPPING/ DELIVERY? |
2 PRINTING/ SHIPPING/ DELIVERY? |
3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 DELIVERY? TESTING & COUNTING |
6 DELIVERY? TESTING & COUNTING |
7 ADVANCED POLL DAY 1 |
8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 STATUTORY HOLIDAY – No mail delivery and no mail ballot package pickup from City Hall. |
13 | 14 ADVANCED POLL DAY 2 |
15 Last day to pick up mail ballot packages from City Hall in person. |
16 | 17 GENERAL VOTING DAY |
Notes and schedule details:
- If delivered, staff to test ballots and count.
- Mail Day 1 (Oct 5)
- Mail Day 2 (Oct 6)
- Mail Day 3 (Oct 7)
- Mail Day 4 (Oct 8)
Potential dates to begin sending out mail ballot packages.
Mail ballot packages available and in transit to destination by mail or picked up/returned to City Hall directly.
- Mail Day 5 (Oct 13)
- Mail Day 6 (Oct 14)
- Mail Day 7 (Oct 15)
- Mail Day 8 (Oct 16)
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