Free Rides to the Polls 2026: Lyft's VOTE26 Discount, Free Transit on Nov. 3 and What Uber Has Announced

Lyft’s VOTE26 code takes 50% off one eligible ride, up to $10, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Separately, transit agencies in Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Hampton Roads and the Dallas area have announced fare-free service for that day, each with its own conditions, and Fort Worth’s Trinity Metro is free during early voting. As of Oct. 21, we found no 2026 Election Day ride-discount announcement in Uber’s official newsroom; its 2024 offer is not a current promotion. This guide lists the programs we verified in official sources and is not a complete nationwide list.

Lyft: code VOTE26

Detail	What Lyft says
Discount	50% off, up to $10, one ride
When	Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. local time
Rides covered	One Lyft car ride, or one Lyft scooter ride or Lyft-run bikeshare ride in the markets where Lyft offers them
Not covered	Lyft Black rides, including Black’s larger vehicles, and tips
Where to	A polling place where Lyft operates in the U.S.; a registered ballot drop box only in vote-by-mail states or states that allow ballots to be returned to drop boxes
How	Add VOTE26 to the Lyft app before Nov. 3; one code and one ride per person, limited quantity

Lyft also works with nonprofit partners that give out their own ride codes: the League of Women Voters, VoteRiders, Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote), the National Council on Aging, the National Down Syndrome Society, the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition and When We All Vote. Lyft says the APIAVote and National Council on Aging programs reach early voting as well; those codes follow each partner’s own terms, while VOTE26 itself is good only on Nov. 3. The offer is not tied to voting or to how you vote, Lyft’s terms say.

Free transit on Nov. 3: announcements we verified

These are the Election Day programs we confirmed on each agency’s own website as of Oct. 21. Other agencies may add free service; this is not a complete list.

Agency	What is free on Tuesday, Nov. 3
LA Metro (Los Angeles County)	Buses and trains; Metro Micro rides, booked in the Micro app with no code needed; and a free 30-minute Metro Bike Share ride: choose “1-Ride” and enter code 110326 (a credit or debit card is required, and longer rides are charged)
Cincinnati Metro (Ohio)	Fixed-route buses, Access paratransit for eligible riders and MetroNow! on-demand rides
Hampton Roads Transit (HRT), Virginia	Buses, light rail, ferry, paratransit and OnDemand rides
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)	Buses, trains, GoLink, the Dallas Streetcar, paratransit, the Silver Line and the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) between Union Station and CentrePort station, for riders who show a valid voter registration card. GoLink riders use code VOTENOV3 in the GoPass app for a free Adult Local Day Pass

LA Metro posted its 2026 details on Oct. 13, and its stations host ballot drop boxes for Los Angeles County voters; drop-off deadlines elsewhere are set by your own county. The free rides follow a 2019 decision by LA Metro’s board to offer them on every federal and statewide election day. DART’s voter registration card rule is a condition of the free fare, separate from what Texas requires to vote. Look at your agency’s alerts page before you rely on a free ride.

Free rides during early voting

Trinity Metro in Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Texas, is free during early voting, Oct. 19-30, 2026, but not on Election Day itself. It covers Trinity Metro buses, TEXRail, the TRE within Tarrant County between Fort Worth T&P Station and CentrePort station, On-Demand rideshare and paratransit, and Trinity Metro Bikes for rides up to 30 minutes, with a credit card on file. Enter code VOTE26 in the GoPass app for a free Local Day Pass, or ask for a paper day pass at the customer service kiosk at Fort Worth Central Station; one pass per person, and regular hours and service areas apply.

Uber

As of Oct. 21, 2026, we found no Election Day ride-discount announcement for 2026 in Uber’s official newsroom; its most recent rides post is dated Oct. 14. For the 2024 election, Uber’s Go Vote! tile in the app took 50% off, up to $10, one ride to a polling place on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, excluding Reserve rides, the company said at the time. That offer does not mean a 2026 offer exists; check the app and Uber’s newsroom again closer to Nov. 3. We will add any 2026 offer once Uber posts it.

Before you ride

• Confirm where you vote. Your polling place is set by your home address and can change from one election to the next, USAGov says, so check your state or local election office’s official lookup before the trip. Our sample ballot by ZIP code guide links every state’s lookup.
• Check the hours. Polls close as early as 6 p.m. local time in some states; see what time polls close. The Lyft code stops at 10 p.m.
• Know your state’s ID rules. A voter registration card is generally not required to vote, USAGov notes, though states set their own ID rules. In Dallas the card is what gets you the free DART fare.
• Early voting dates differ by state. Texas runs Oct. 19-30, and Michigan and New York run Oct. 24 to Nov. 1; check your own state’s election office for its dates. See early voting in Michigan and New York.

Whether you get time off to vote, and what is open on Nov. 3, is in is Election Day a holiday. Plan the day on our November 2026 printable calendar or a weekly planner.