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Early Vote Tracker

Ballots requested, returned, and cast early, state by state. Counts come from civicAPI and update through the day.

These are ballots requested, returned, or cast early. They are not votes counted, and they are not a forecast of any result.

Nationwide

Added up from the states that report. Counts as of Oct 22, 2026

Kind of countBallotsStates
Requested47,809,82338
Returned10,537,92342
In person7,991,50730
Grace period1,8021

These add up the states that report each count. States that report nothing yet are left out, so this is not a full national total.

By party registration: in person

  • Democratic 988,953 (12%)
  • No Party Affiliation 486,749 (6%)
  • Republican 728,297 (9%)
  • Other 249,490 (3%)
  • Unspecified 5,538,018 (69%)

17 states do not record party, so their 5,537,842 ballots are counted as Unspecified. Party is the registration on the voter record. It does not show how anyone voted.

Select a state for its party split and counties.