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November 12, 2026

Election 2026
A look back

By M. Mindy Moretti
electionline.org

What happens if you plan for the worst and the worst doesn’t happen? 

While the dust is still settling, that is definitely a question that many elections officials are thinking about as they finish counting ballots, recounting ballots, auditing precincts and certifying the final results. 

For months (years) elections officials have braced for everything from federal interference to political violence to “typical” Election Day interruptions like bomb threats or weather. And while there were definitely some of those issues at play on November 3, it was remarkably one of the quietest Election Days we’ve seen in a long time. We didn’t even have any reports of someone oversleeping and failing to open a polling place on time nor, to the best of our knowledge, did any cars crash into polling places last week.  

We took a brief look at Election Day last week and of course all of our Election Day Dispatches are here. This week we’re doing a more in-depth wrap-up of Election 2026, but don’t worry, there will still be more to come in the weeks and months ahead, including all those local elections-related ballot measures. 

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