VIP Continues to Support Elections Through 2018

Article January 25, 2018 By: Michael D. Thompson & Monica Leibovitz Read time:

Projects: Election Initiatives

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Note: This analysis was updated Feb. 20, 2018, to reflect changes to state elections.

The Voting Information Project (VIP) is significantly expanding its support of federal, state, and local elections in 2018. As it did in 2017 during key special and off-year elections, VIP will provide critical information, such as polling place locations and ballot information, to voters who will cast ballots in more than 100 elections, including statewide and federal primary and general races in at least 46 states and the District of Columbia.

VIP is a partnership among The Pew Charitable Trusts, Google, and the states to ensure that voters have the official information they need to answer basic questions such as “Where is my polling place?” and “What’s on my ballot?” VIP data is available at no cost through a customizable widget and SMS tool, as well as the website Get to the Polls. Web and app developers can also use the Google Civic Information API to include VIP data in their applications.

All information below is subject to change.

State	Election	Date	Will VIP cover...
			Early voting?	Contested races?
OR	Oregon Special Election	1/23	Yes	Yes
RI	Scituate Referendum Election	1/23	No	Yes
VA	Leesburg Special Election	2/6	No	Yes
WA	Washington Special Election	2/13	Yes	Yes
OK	Oklahoma School and Special Election	2/13	Yes	No
LA	Louisiana House Special Election	2/17	Yes	Yes
WI	Wisconsin Spring Primary Election	2/20	No	Yes
AL	Alabama State House District 4 Special Republican Primary Runoff Election	2/27	No	No
RI	Rhode Island State Senate District 8 Primary Election	2/27	No	Yes
AL	Alabama State House District 4 Special Democratic Primary Runoff Election	2/27	No	No
AZ	Arizona 8th Congressional District Special Primary Election	2/27	No	Yes
OK	Oklahoma Special Election	3/6	Yes	No
TX	Texas Primary Election	3/6	Yes	No
PA	Pennsylvania 18th Congressional District Special Election	3/13	No	No
IL	Illinois Primary Election	3/20	No	No
LA	Louisiana Primary Municipal Election	3/24	Yes	Yes
AL	Alabama House District 21 General Special Election	3/27	No	No
WI	Wisconsin Spring Election	4/3	No	Yes
OK	Oklahoma School and Special Runoff Election	4/3	Yes	No
CA	Los Angeles County Special Election	4/3	Yes	Yes
RI	Rhode Island State Senate District 8 Election	4/3	No	Yes
NJ	New Jersey School Budget Election	4/17	No	Yes, in participating counties
AZ	Arizona 8th Congressional District Primary Special Election	4/24	No	Yes
WA	Washington Special Election	4/24	Yes	Yes
LA	Lousiana General Municipal Election	4/28	Yes	Yes
VA	Virginia General Election	5/1	No	Yes
IN	Indiana Primary Election	5/8	Yes	Yes
NC	North Carolina Primary Election	5/8	Yes	Yes
OH	Ohio Primary Election	5/8	No	Yes, in participating counties
WV	West Virginia Primary Election	5/8	No	Yes
ID	Idaho Primary Election	5/15	No	Yes, in participating counties
NE	Nebraska Primary Election	5/15	No	No
OR	Oregon Primary Election	5/15	Yes	Yes
PA	Pennsylvania Primary Election	5/15	No	No
AR	Arkansas Primary Election	5/22	No	No
GA	Georgia Primary Election	5/22	Yes	Yes
KY	Kentucky Primary Election	5/22	No	No
TX	Texas Primary Runoff Election	5/22	Yes	No
AL	Alabama Primary Election	6/5	No	No
CA	California Primary Election	6/5	No	Yes
IA	Iowa Primary Election	6/5	No	No
MS	Mississippi Primary Election	6/5	No	Yes
MT	Montana Primary Election	6/5	No	Yes
NJ	New Jersey Primary Election	6/5	No	Yes, in participating counties
NM	New Mexico Primary Election	6/5	No	No
ND	North Dakota Primary Election	6/12	No	Yes
NV	Nevada Primary Election	6/12	No	No
SC	South Carolina Primary Election	6/12	No	No
VA	Virginia Primary Election	6/12	No	Yes
DC	District of Columbia Primary Election	6/19	Yes	Yes
CO	Colorado Primary Election	6/26	Yes	Yes
MD	Maryland Primary Election	6/26	No	Yes
MS	Mississippi Primary Runoff Election	6/26	No	Yes
NY	New York Primary Election	6/26	No	No
OK	Oklahoma Primary Election	6/26	Yes	No
SC	South Carolina Primary Election	6/26	No	No
UT	Utah Primary Election	6/26	No	Yes
AL	Alabama Primary Runoff Election	7/17	No	No
NC	North Carolina Primary Runoff Election	7/17	Yes	Yes
GA	Georgia Primary Runoff Election	7/24	Yes	Yes
KS	Kansas Primary Election	8/7	No	No
MI	Michigan Primary Election	8/7	No	Yes
MO	Missouri Primary Election	8/7	No	No
WA	Washington Primary Election	8/7	Yes	Yes
HI	Hawaii Primary Election	8/11	No	No
CT	Connecticut Primary Election	8/14	No	No
MN	Minnesota Primary Election	8/14	Yes	Yes
VT	Vermont Primary Election	8/14	No	No
WI	Wisconsin Primary Election	8/14	No	Yes
AK	Alaska Primary Election	8/21	No	Yes
WY	Wyoming Primary Election	8/21	No	Yes
AL	Alabama Municipal Election	8/28	No	No
AZ	Arizona Primary Election	8/28	No	Yes
FL	Florida Primary Election	8/28	Yes	No
OK	Oklahoma Primary Runoff Election	8/28	Yes	No
DE	Delaware Primary Election	9/6	No	Yes
RI	Rhode Island Primary Election	9/11	No	Yes
NY	New York Primary Election	9/13	No	No
MA	Massachusetts Primary Election	9/18	No	No
LA	Louisiana Primary Election	11/6	Yes	Yes
AK	Alaska General Election	11/6	No	Yes
AL	Alabama General Election	11/6	No	No
AR	Arkansas General Election	11/6	No	No
AZ	Arizona General Election	11/6	No	Yes
CA	California General Election	11/6	No	Yes
CO	Colorado General Election	11/6	Yes	Yes
CT	Connecticut General Election	11/6	No	No
DC	District of Columbia General Election	11/6	Yes	Yes
DE	Delaware General Election	11/6	No	Yes
FL	Florida General Election	11/6	Yes	No
GA	Georgia General Election	11/6	Yes	Yes
HI	Hawaii General Election	11/6	No	No
IA	Iowa General Election	11/6	No	No
ID	Idaho General Election	11/6	No	Yes, in participating counties
IL	Illinois General Election	11/6	No	No
IN	Indiana General Election	11/6	Yes	Yes
KS	Kansas General Election	11/6	No	No
KY	Kentucky General Election	11/6	No	No
MA	Massachusetts General Election	11/6	No	No
MD	Maryland General Election	11/6	No	Yes
MI	Michigan General Election	11/6	No	Yes
MN	Minnesota General Election	11/6	Yes	Yes
MO	Missouri General Election	11/6	No	No
MS	Mississippi General Election	11/6	No	Yes
MT	Montana General Election	11/6	No	Yes
NC	North Carolina General Election	11/6	Yes	Yes
ND	North Dakota General Election	11/6	No	Yes
NE	Nebraska General Election	11/6	No	No
NJ	New Jersey General Election	11/6	No	Yes, in participating counties
NM	New Mexico General Election	11/6	No	No
NV	Nevada General Election	11/6	No	No
NY	New York General Election	11/6	No	No
OH	Ohio General Election	11/6	No	Yes, in participating counties
OK	Oklahoma General Election	11/6	Yes	No
OR	Oregon General Election	11/6	Yes	Yes
PA	Pennsylvania General Election	11/6	No	No
RI	Rhode Island General Election	11/6	No	Yes
SC	South Carolina General Election	11/6	No	No
TX	Texas General Election	11/6	Yes	No
UT	Utah General Election	11/6	No	Yes
VA	Virginia General Election	11/6	No	Yes
VT	Vermont General Election	11/6	No	No
WA	Washington General Election	11/6	Yes	Yes
WI	Wisconsin General Election	11/6	No	Yes
WV	West Virginia General Election	11/6	No	Yes
WY	Wyoming General Election	11/6	No	Yes
AR	Arkansas General Runoff Election	12/4	No	No
GA	Georgia General Nonfederal Runoff Election	12/4	Yes	Yes
LA	Louisiana Runoff Election	12/8	Yes	Yes
GA	Georgia General Federal Runoff Election	1/8/2019	Yes	Yes

Michael D. Thompson is vice president of state and local government performance and Monica Leibovitz is an officer for election initiatives at The Pew Charitable Trusts.