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Early voting 2026

Ballots cast so far in North Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Maine, Texas, Georgia and Michigan, with 2024. Party figures are voters' registration, not how they voted.

North Carolina

2,828,284 ballots accepted

In-person early voting 2,728,265 - By mail 85,555 - Overseas 11,706. In-person early voting ended on 31 October.

Accepted ballots by voter's party registration

38%
26%
35%
RegistrationBallotsShare
Democratic1,085,32838.4%
Republican738,74826.1%
Unaffiliated995,43435.2%
Libertarian7,5510.3%
Green1,2230.0%

2026 and 2024

Running total by days before election day.

ElectionBallots acceptedCounted to
2026 to date2,828,2883 Nov 2026 (0 days before)
2024 at the same point4,520,7685 Nov 2024 (0 days before)
2024 final4,521,942Final count

Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, absentee counts (2026 general), to 2 November 2026.

Florida

5,465,190 ballots cast: 3,467,306 early in person, 1,997,884 by mail

466,521 mail ballots not yet returned. Early voting ended on 31 October (1 November in some counties).

Early and mail ballots by voter's party registration

38%
40%
19%
RegistrationBallotsShare
Democratic2,065,30237.8%
Republican2,194,54640.2%
No party affiliation1,065,06919.5%
Minor parties140,2732.6%

2026, 2024 and 2022

ElectionEarly in personMail returnedTotal
2026 to 2 November 20263,467,3061,997,8845,465,190
2024 final5,363,0133,029,1528,392,165
2022 final2,285,4652,773,9485,059,413

Source: Florida Division of Elections, vote-by-mail and early voting statistics (2026 general), to 2 November 2026; 2024 and 2022 final reports.

Pennsylvania

Mail ballots: 1,118,399 returned of 1,324,664 sent

84.4% of sent ballots returned, from 1,389,574 applications.

Returned ballots by voter's party registration

64%
25%
10%
RegistrationApplicationsSentReturnedShare of returned
Democratic891,931848,238720,87164.5%
Republican339,657327,534281,48625.2%
No affiliation / other152,847144,116112,68210.1%
Libertarian3,5233,2992,3430.2%
Green1,6161,4771,0170.1%

Ballots returned by day

102,15730 Sep 2026: 6,976 returned1 Oct 2026: 14,765 returned2 Oct 2026: 24,445 returned3 Oct 2026: 3,416 returned4 Oct 2026: 260 returned5 Oct 2026: 39,123 returned6 Oct 2026: 19,799 returned7 Oct 2026: 24,810 returned8 Oct 2026: 39,325 returned9 Oct 2026: 35,360 returned10 Oct 2026: 3,379 returned11 Oct 2026: 421 returned12 Oct 2026: 8,473 returned13 Oct 2026: 71,776 returned14 Oct 2026: 42,515 returned15 Oct 2026: 64,806 returned16 Oct 2026: 62,556 returned17 Oct 2026: 7,432 returned18 Oct 2026: 7,366 returned19 Oct 2026: 102,157 returned20 Oct 2026: 43,985 returned21 Oct 2026: 44,424 returned22 Oct 2026: 49,659 returned23 Oct 2026: 45,480 returned24 Oct 2026: 9,544 returned25 Oct 2026: 5,035 returned26 Oct 2026: 61,598 returned27 Oct 2026: 40,468 returned28 Oct 2026: 31,910 returned29 Oct 2026: 42,360 returned30 Oct 2026: 34,219 returned31 Oct 2026: 13,630 returned1 Nov 2026: 5,791 returned2 Nov 2026: 52,540 returned3 Nov 2026: 1,789 returned30 Sep7 Oct14 Oct21 Oct28 Oct3 Nov

2026 and 2024

Running total by days before election day; 2022 in the lighter line.

ElectionMail ballots returnedCounted to
2026 to date1,118,3993 Nov 2026 (0 days before)
2024 at the same point1,960,2265 Nov 2024 (0 days before)
2024 final1,980,976Final count

Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, 2026 General Election Mail Ballot Requests, to 3 November 2026.

Colorado

1,599,988 ballots returned

By mail or drop box 1,575,743 - in person 24,245.

Returned ballots by voter's party registration

31%
24%
43%
RegistrationBallotsShare
Democratic498,20431.1%
Republican390,89724.4%
Unaffiliated689,82743.1%
Minor parties21,0601.3%

2026 and 2024

Running total by days before election day.

ElectionBallots returnedCounted to
2026 to date1,599,9881 Nov 2026 (2 days before)
2024 at the same point2,092,0353 Nov 2024 (2 days before)

Source: Colorado Secretary of State, 2026 general election ballot returns, to 1 November 2026.

Maine

302,353 absentee ballots accepted of 322,811 requested

93.7% of requested, 161,648 of them cast at the clerk's office.

Accepted ballots by voter's party enrollment

47%
23%
28%
RegistrationBallotsShare
Democratic141,21346.7%
Republican69,21422.9%
Unenrolled83,85627.7%
Green7,3432.4%
Libertarian7270.2%

Source: Maine Secretary of State, statewide absentee voter data file (2026 general), to 2 November 2026.

Texas

7,711,665 Texans voted early

Early voting ended on Friday 30 October.

2026 and 2024

DateDays before election dayFigure
2026 (election day 3 November)
14 October 20262078,967
15 October 20261993,056
16 October 202618105,196
17 October 202617108,862
18 October 202616109,628
19 October 202615910,133
20 October 2026141,667,758
21 October 2026132,370,344
22 October 2026123,015,817
23 October 2026113,722,977
24 October 2026104,252,375
25 October 202694,523,623
26 October 202685,124,432
27 October 202675,685,203
28 October 202666,247,624
29 October 202656,849,852
30 October 202647,711,665
2024 (election day 5 November)
3 November 20242More than 8 million
4 November 20241More than 9 million
Georgia

More than 2.4 million votes cast

Early in-person voting ended on Friday 30 October.

2026 and 2024

DateDays before election dayFigure
2026 (election day 3 November)
15 October 202619364,931
17 October 202617709,785
19 October 202615More than 1 million
26 October 202681,784,599
27 October 20267More than 2 million
29 October 20265More than 2.4 million
2024 (election day 5 November)
17 October 202419741,297
17 October 202419843,991
18 October 202418More than 1.2 million
22 October 2024141,735,916
22 October 2024141,919,402
1 November 202444,000,009
Michigan

More than 2 million ballots cast

Early in-person voting ends on Sunday 1 November.

2026 and 2024

DateDays before election dayFigure
2026 (election day 3 November)
24 October 202610More than 1 million
30 October 20264More than 2 million
2024 (election day 5 November)
29 October 20247More than 2 million
4 November 20241More than 3.2 million
Other states
StateOfficial pageWhat it publishes
Nevadawww.nvsos.govearly voting and mail turnout
Arizonaazsos.govelection information
Ohiodata.ohiosos.govelection dashboards
Iowasos.iowa.govabsentee statistics
Alaskawww.elections.alaska.govstatistics