Elections 2026 · Build a budget
Build your own budget. Can you balance it?
Think balancing the state budget is easy? Now’s your chance to try. This interactive tool hands you the real numbers, the real trade-offs, and the same hard calls lawmakers face. Add funding somewhere, and something else has to give.
Key dates
Register by
October 26
Ballots mailed
October 9–16
Election day
November 3
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Tradeoff: The budget balance challenge
This isn’t a wish list. It’s a real budget with real constraints. Move the numbers, weigh the trade-offs, and find out what it actually takes to balance the books.
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