What Nashville voters need for the November 3, 2026 general election — official dates, tools, and offices only. Updated July 2026.
| Milestone | Date / rule |
|---|---|
| Voter-registration deadline | Monday, October 5, 2026 (statutory rule: registered no later than 30 days before the election; mailed forms postmarked at least 30 days before) |
| Early voting | Early voting: Wednesday, October 14 – Thursday, October 29, 2026 (statutory rule: begins 20 days and ends 5 days before the election), at the county election commission office or county satellite locations. |
| Election Day | Tuesday, November 3, 2026 (polls per county hours) |
Confirm you are registered (and your address is current) with the official Tennessee tool:
Check your registration →Excuse required — eligible categories include: 60 or older; hospitalized/ill/physically disabled (or their caretaker); outside your county during the entire early-voting period and Election Day; full-time student (or spouse) outside the county; military/overseas; nursing-home resident outside the county; jury duty; candidates and election officials; religious holiday; permanent absentee list. Requests accepted 90 to 10 days before the election — the SOS calendar lists Saturday, October 24, 2026 as the absentee ballot request deadline. The voted ballot must be returned BY MAIL and received by the county election commission by close of polls on Election Day.
Davidson County Election Commission runs the election for Nashville — polling places, sample ballots, and results. Election Day voting is at an assigned precinct polling place; the commission provides an official Polling Place Finder map tool at maps.nashville.gov/PollingPlaceFinder/.
Davidson County elections →Tennessee elections division →
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