{"id":10032,"date":"2026-02-19T13:56:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/?page_id=10032"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:20:35","slug":"2026-upcoming-elections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/2026-upcoming-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Upcoming Elections:  Lewiston School Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Election Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026<br>Polling Location: Longley School, 145 Birch Street.<br>Poll opens at 7am and closes at 8pm.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All voting will take place at the Longley School, 145 Birch Street (the former Multi-Purpose Center) Parking is available in The Colisee parking lot.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students in need of transportation to vote can utilize the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-safety\/bobcat-express-2\/\"><strong>Bobcat Express<\/strong><\/a> during scheduled hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2026\/05\/School-Budget-Infographic.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2026\/05\/School-Budget-Infographic-400x900.webp\" alt=\"school budget infographic\" class=\"wp-image-10670\" style=\"width:579px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2026\/05\/School-Budget-Infographic-400x900.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2026\/05\/School-Budget-Infographic-133x300.webp 133w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2026\/05\/School-Budget-Infographic-768x1728.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2026\/05\/School-Budget-Infographic-279x628.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2026\/05\/School-Budget-Infographic-683x1536.webp 683w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2026\/05\/School-Budget-Infographic.webp 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Voting Information:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All voting will take place at the Longley School ~ Polls will be open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Voters wishing to cast an absentee ballot may do so in person at the City Clerk&#8217;s Office, 2nd Floor of City Hall, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, and Thursday, May 7, 2026, 7:45am-4pm.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you need to register or update your voter registration since you last voted, information about what to bring is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/voter-registration\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the FY27 Proposed School Budget:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the budget, there will be a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1_X8SHnHa2wi_Y0g-ZNRAHgqWn7k7zhu5gZLPuGNoUl0\/edit?usp=sharing\">School Budget Town Hall on Thursday, May 7th<\/a> at Connors Elementary school cafeteria at 5:30pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is information provided by the Lewiston School Department in their latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewistonpublicschools.org\/en-US\/shared-files-d92d6d76\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.lewistonpublicschools.org\/en-US\/shared-files-d92d6d76\">May 5, 2026 Public Announcement.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2026\/05\/FY27_Lewiston_School_Budget.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2026\/05\/FY27_Lewiston_School_Budget.webp\" alt=\"FY27 Lewiston School Budget\" class=\"wp-image-10676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2026\/05\/FY27_Lewiston_School_Budget.webp 378w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2026\/05\/FY27_Lewiston_School_Budget-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/election-day-voting-in-maine\/\">Heading to vote? <\/a> Don&#8217;t forget to bring your Bates ID, and your phone with your Voter Registration badge on Garnet Gateway.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2026\/04\/22\/lewiston-school-committee-passes-130-million-budget\/\">https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2026\/04\/22\/lewiston-school-committee-passes-130-million-budget\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2026\/04\/02\/5-takeaways-from-lewistons-school-board-budget-workshop\/\">https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2026\/04\/02\/5-takeaways-from-lewistons-school-board-budget-workshop\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewistonmaine.gov\/DocumentCenter\/View\/18141\/2025-05-13-School-Budget-Validation-Election-Results?bidId=\">https:\/\/www.lewistonmaine.gov\/DocumentCenter\/View\/18141\/2025-05-13-School-Budget-Validation-Election-Results?bidId=<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2024\/07\/09\/lewiston-school-budget-passes-third-public-vote\/\">https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2024\/07\/09\/lewiston-school-budget-passes-third-public-vote\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Election Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026Polling Location: Longley School, 145 Birch Street.Poll&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1556,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-10032","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","with-sidebar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10032"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10679,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10032\/revisions\/10679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}