Union County to Draw Lots for May Primary Ballot Order March 18

The Union County Election Office will conduct a drawing of lots at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at the Union County Government to determine the order of candidate names on the ballot for the General Primary scheduled May 19, 2026. The office published a public notice about the drawing on March 6, 2026.

The public notice issued March 6, 2026 identifies the drawing as the mechanism to assign candidate name placement on the May 19, 2026 General Primary ballot. The drawing of lots will establish that ordering for all contests that appear on the Union County General Primary ballot.

Election officials set the session for 10:00 a.m. at the Union County Government on March 18, 2026. The scheduled date falls roughly two months before the May 19, 2026 General Primary, allowing the county to finalize ballot layouts and printing following the drawing.

As of March 7, 2026, the Union County Election Office is the sole agency named in the public notice as responsible for the drawing and for public notification. The March 6 notice provides the formal timing and location that county officials will use to complete the ballot-order procedure ahead of the May 19, 2026 election.

The March 18 drawing will be the procedural step that fixes candidate-name placement for the upcoming General Primary, and it follows the public notice published by the Union County Election Office on March 6, 2026. County voters and campaigns seeking the final ballot order for the May 19, 2026 General Primary will see that order determined at 10:00 a.m. on March 18 at the Union County Government.