PUBLIC NOTICE for August 4, 2026

Republican Primary Election
In-Person Early Voting Begins: Thursday, June
18, 2026 Ends: Saturday, August 1, 2026 @ 5pm
All qualified, registered voters are eligible to vote
early during this time
Location: Department of Elections & Voter Regis
tration Office, 2 East Main Street, Fincastle (corner
of Roanoke & Main Streets)
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Saturday & Sunday Hours:
Sunday, July 19, 2026 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Saturday, July 25, 2026 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Sunday, July 26, 2026 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Saturday, August 1, 2026 8:30 am – 5:00 pm (Final
day of early voting)
Deadline to register or update registration:
Friday, July 24, 2026
5:00 pm for in-person registrations;
11:59 pm for online registrations
Deadline to request a Vote By Mail ballot:
Friday, July 24, 2026 at 5:00 pm
NOTE: Vote By Mail ballot is the same ballot used
for Early Voting and at polling locations on Elec
tion Day. If you receive a Vote By Mail ballot and
wish to vote in-person during Early Voting or on
Election Day, you must bring the Vote By Mail
package to surrender.
Vote By Mail Drop Locations:
• Department of Elections & Voter Registration
Office, 2 East Main Street, Fincastle (corner of
Roanoke & Main Streets)
Dropbox slot for marked Vote By Mail ballots lo
cated in vestibule of office entrance
• Voters may personally deliver their marked bal
lot to the Department of Elections & Voter Reg
istration Office during regular business hours.
(Hand-delivered ballots can only be accepted from
voter ballot issued to. All others must go in drop
box or need to be mailed.)
• All polling locations on Election Day, Tuesday,
August 4, 2026, from 6:00 am – 7:00 pm
Offices on ballot:
Candidates running for Republican Party nomina
tion for United States Senate seat to be on Novem
ber 3, 2026 General Election ballot.
Traci S. Clark
Director of Elections & General Registrar
Botetourt County, Virginia