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Upcoming events worth attending — DOD's own (announced via the blog) plus organisations we track that have a public calendar feed (ics_feed:) or a manually confirmed upcoming event (events:). Subscribe to get new events automatically as they're added.
Election dates are here too — federal, state and local polling days across Australia, plus a selection of major elections elsewhere. They're the one kind of entry with no organisation behind it, so they get a violet card and a 🗳️ badge, and there's an elections-only feed if that's all you want in your calendar. Where a date isn't settled yet the card says so: expected date (set by a fixed-term rule but not formally called), due by this date (the last day it can lawfully be held), or day not yet set (only the month is published). Listing an election is a statement about the date, not about the election.
This is a future-facing calendar of things to attend, not a historical record — see an organisation's own page for its history.
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September 2026
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🇹🇼 Taiwan貳拾伍th 國會 Hackathon第貳拾伍次國會松
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🎤 conference🇵🇱 Poland📆 21–23 Sep · 3 days 📍 Kraków, Poland
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The International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (OIDP) will return for its 25th annual conference in Kraków from 21–23 September 2026
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🚀 launch🇩🇰 Denmark📍 Copenhagen, Denmark
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● Notable🇦🇺 AustraliaGlobal dialogue marking International Day of Democracy21:00 – 22:00 📍 Virtual
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we’re joined by Lisa Witter and Josh Lerner, two leading democratic innovators whose work traverses continents and the democratic ecosystem, from communities to public servants and elected representatives
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📅 other🇳🇿 New Zealand
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Playing the Long Game is a new webinar series from the Helen Clark Foundation bringing together some of New Zealand's most experienced political, economic, and public-sector leaders to ask: how do we build policy that lasts? 29 September 2026 at 12:00
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🎤 conference🇬🇷 Greece📍 Athens, Greece
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The Athens Democracy Forum returns for its 14th edition, convening in the Greek capital from 29 September – 1 October 2026
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🚀 launch🇳🇿 New Zealand📍 Wellington, New Zealand
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which invites readers to consider a simple but important question: if you were Prime Minister and tasked with designing New Zealand’s machinery of government, what would it look like? Wendy will share her thoughts at the Institute’s Wellington office. Wednesday 30 September 12pm–1:30pm (starts at 12:15pm)
October 2026
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🎤 conference🇬🇷 Greece📍 Athens, Greece
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The Global Democracy Coalition will hold its annual Global Forum on 1 October 2026 in Athens, working alongside the Athens Democracy Forum.
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🇹🇼 TaiwanCivic Tech Hackathon — 馬祖南竿_交隴半山．離島書店 & g0v 台北社群空間公民科技跑咖松_馬祖南竿_交隴半山．離島書店 & g0v 台北社群空間
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Oct 03 Sat election Latvia
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Oct 04 Sun election Brazil🗳️ National election🇧🇷 BrazilA runoff for president or governor follows on 25 October where no candidate wins a majority in the first round.
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Oct 04 Sun election Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Oct 05 Mon–Tue election Tasmania🗳️ Local election🇦🇺 AustraliaAn all-postal ballot the Tasmanian Electoral Commission runs over these three weeks rather than on one polling day; counting begins 28 October.📆 5–27 Oct · 23 days
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★ Major event🎤 conference🇧🇼 BotswanaFlagship conference/summit📆 7–10 Oct · 4 days 📍 Gaborone, Botswana
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In 2026, the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy heads to Southern Africa for the first time.
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● Notable🎓 lecture🇦🇺 AustraliaElectoral Commissioner on election integrity before the state poll12:15 – 14:00 📍 University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC
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Free lunchtime panel at the University of Melbourne's Science Gallery Theatre, co-presented with the Melbourne Press Club. Bluemmel appears alongside University of Melbourne Professor of Political Communication Andrea Carson, an expert in dis- and misinformation, and Sumeyya Ilanbey, Victorian political correspondent for The Australian Financial Review; Nine News Chief Political Reporter Heidi Murphy moderates. The organisers frame the 2026 state election as Victoria's "largest and most complex event", staged amid "the most challenging communication environment ever seen".
Victoria’s Electoral Commissioner Sven Bluemmel, who will outline the investments and initiatives the VEC is undertaking ahead of the state’s election on Saturday 28 November
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📅 other🇧🇪 Belgium
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Year inferred from page context (a current/recent FIDE news post); not stated explicitly alongside the day/month on the page.
Save the date | Join us on October 9 for a webinar on what the EU budget means for civil society and local governments.
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🇹🇼 Taiwan貳拾陸th 國會 Hackathon第貳拾陸次國會松
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🛠️ workshop🇧🇪 Belgium📆 15–17 Oct · 3 days 📍 Washington, D.C., United States
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Year inferred from page context (listed alongside the already-recorded 2026 Copenhagen masterclass); not stated explicitly alongside the day/month on the page.
Washington, D.C. – October 15-17
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● Notable🤝 meetup🇦🇺 AustraliaOne-off local public forum📍 Irish Club, Weston ACT
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Event 3 Re-imagining Governance for the ACT: A Public Event Series Expanding the ACT Assembly for better government – is it time? Hosted by CAPaD & Active Democracy Bean
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🛠️ workshop🇧🇪 Belgium📆 22–24 Oct · 3 days 📍 San Francisco, United States
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Year inferred from page context (listed alongside the already-recorded 2026 Copenhagen masterclass); not stated explicitly alongside the day/month on the page.
San Francisco, CA – October 22-24
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🇹🇼 TaiwanCivic Tech Hackathon — 高雄左營_公民科技主題日活動公民科技跑咖松_高雄左營_公民科技主題日活動
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Oct 27 Tue election Israel
November 2026
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🎤 conference🇫🇷 France📍 Strasbourg, France
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The 14th World Forum for Democracy... will take place in Strasbourg from 2–4 November 2026 under the theme "Democratic Foresight."
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Nov 02 Mon election Philippines
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Nov 03 Tue election United States
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Nov 04 Wed election South Africa
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Nov 07 Sat election New Zealand
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★ Major event📋 meeting🇦🇺 AustraliaStructural vote: org rename + remit change
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● Notable🤝 meetup🇦🇺 AustraliaLocal meetup, not a flagship event📍 Irish Club, Weston ACT
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The ACT Standing Citizens’ Assembly (SCA) is a three-year project to build momentum for a trial of well facilitated input from Canberrans to government in the ACT.
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★ Major event🎤 conference🇦🇹 AustriaFlagship conference/summit📆 18–19 Nov · 2 days 📍 Vienna, Austria
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A conference for practitioners, public officials, political parties, NGOs, and funders to move this field from the margins to the mainstream. To build the infrastructure, lift the standards, and create the political will to make it permanent.
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🇦🇺 Australia
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Over the next three years, we’re expanding Build a Ballot to state elections in:...South Australia and Victoria in 2026
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Nov 28 Sat election Victoria
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Nov 28 Sat election Taiwan
December 2026
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🏛️ assembly🇦🇺 Australia📍 Woden Valley Uniting Church, Curtin ACT
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This Community Assembly to to give them opportunity to report back to us and for us to respond to their report.
January 2027
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Jan 16 Sat election Nigeria🗳️ National election🇳🇬 NigeriaGovernorship and state assembly elections follow on 6 February 2027.
March 2027
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🇦🇺 Australia
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Over the next three years, we’re expanding Build a Ballot to state elections in:...New South Wales in 2027
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Mar 13 Sat election New South Wales🗳️ State / territory election🇦🇺 AustraliaThe fourth-Saturday-in-March default would fall on Holy Saturday in 2027, so the government announced the fortnight earlier date instead.
April 2027
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Apr 18 Sun election France🗳️ National election🇫🇷 FranceSecond round on 2 May 2027 if no candidate wins a majority in the first.
May 2027
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May 06 Thu election United Kingdom🗳️ Local election🇬🇧 United KingdomThe Northern Ireland Assembly election is expected on the same day.
June 2027
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Jun 06 Sun election Mexico
August 2027
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Aug 10 Tue election Kenya
October 2027
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Oct 24 Sun election Argentina
May 2028
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May 20 Sat election Australia🗳️ National electiondue by this date🇦🇺 AustraliaNot yet called. This is the last lawful date for a simultaneous House and half-Senate election; a House-only election could run as late as 23 September 2028.
August 2028
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Aug 26 Sat election Northern Territory🗳️ State / territory electionexpected date🇦🇺 AustraliaFixed four-year terms set the polling day by rule rather than by announcement; the fourth Saturday of August 2028 is 26 August.
October 2028
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Oct 21 Sat election Australian Capital Territory🗳️ State / territory electionexpected date🇦🇺 AustraliaFixed four-year terms put the poll on the third Saturday of October; the source states the date as expected rather than called.
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Oct 28 Sat election Queensland🗳️ State / territory electiondue by this date🇦🇺 AustraliaQueensland's fixed-term law sets a last possible date rather than a called one.
March 2029
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Mar 10 Sat election Western Australia
March 2030
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Mar 16 Sat election South Australia
September 2030
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Sep 08 Sun election Sweden🗳️ National electionexpected date🇸🇪 SwedenThe Instrument of Government fixes polling day as the second Sunday in September every four years; the 2030 date follows from that rule rather than a formal announcement.