{
 "election": "2026-11-03 general",
 "generated_at": "2026-10-22T23:32:41-04:00",
 "description": "Ballots already cast (in-person early + mail/absentee returned) as publicly reported. No estimates.",
 "national": {
  "states_reporting": 47,
  "total_ballots_cast": 20636582,
  "in_person_early": 8173664,
  "mail_returned": 11624900,
  "as_of_range": [
   "2026-10-16",
   "2026-10-22"
  ],
  "note": "Sum of reporting states only; states report on different days, so this is not a same-moment national count."
 },
 "sources": {
  "tier2": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
  "tier2_csv": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/data-downloads/earlyvote/2026/US.csv",
  "tier2_license": "UF Election Lab, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 - attribution required",
  "tier1_direct": {
   "FL": "https://countyfilesvbm-ev.floridados.gov/VoteByMailEarlyVotingReports/PublicStats",
   "ND": "https://vip.sos.nd.gov/abev.aspx?eid=348"
  }
 },
 "fetch_log": [],
 "states": {
  "AL": {
   "reported": false,
   "reason": "No in-person early voting; no public statewide absentee count found"
  },
  "AK": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 17244,
   "mail_returned": 9084,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 46329,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 26328,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://www.elections.alaska.gov/research/statistics/#aeqstats",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": []
  },
  "AZ": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 743697,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 3266859,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots sent/issued",
   "total": 743697,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://www.stealth-analytics.com/early-ballots",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": [
    "UF note: Arizona's request_* figures are mail ballots issued (sent out), not applications received - this state's early voting is run through a permanent early-voting list rather than a one-off per-election request.",
    "Party breakdown omitted: source is third-party (stealth-analytics)"
   ]
  },
  "AR": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 160371,
   "mail_returned": 4307,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 10840,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 164678,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "Arkansas Secretary of State",
   "notes": [],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 11980,
    "republican": 14299,
    "no_party_or_other": 138399,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "CA": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 2478771,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 23413436,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots sent/issued",
   "total": 2478771,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/general-election-november-3-2026",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": [
    "UF note: Some statistics provided by [PDI](https://politicaldata.com/). The higher value provided by the California Secretary of State or PDI is used where reporting differences exist.",
    "Party breakdown omitted: partly from PDI (vendor)"
   ]
  },
  "CO": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 3929,
   "mail_returned": 722284,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 4048644,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots sent/issued",
   "total": 726213,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "Colorado Secretary of State",
   "notes": [],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 238030,
    "republican": 178502,
    "no_party_or_other": 309681,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "CT": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 112976,
   "mail_returned": 27839,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 59198,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 140815,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "Connecticut Secretary of the State",
   "notes": [],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 76991,
    "republican": 23999,
    "no_party_or_other": 39825,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "DE": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 30473,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": null,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "state does not publish requests (UF sets equal to returned)",
   "total": 30473,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "Delaware Department of Elections",
   "notes": [
    "UF note: Delaware does not publish mail ballot request data. The \"ballots requested\" figures shown for Delaware are the number of mail ballots received and counted, treated as equal to requests for lack of any other source."
   ],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 18291,
    "republican": 6974,
    "no_party_or_other": 5208,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "DC": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 31649,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": null,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "no request count (UF sets equal to returned)",
   "total": 31649,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://dcboe.org/",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": [
    "UF note: The DC Board of Elections reports mail ballots returned in two separate files (drop box and USPS). There is no separate outstanding-request count, so request_all is set equal to the total returned. No party, age, or geographic breakdown is available. In-person early voting is not yet included; a third file covering it is expected later in the cycle."
   ]
  },
  "FL": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 552198,
   "mail_returned": 1130457,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 2441668,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "VBM provided (returned + not yet returned)",
   "total": 1682655,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22T08:05:00",
   "as_of_precision": "timestamp, America/New_York (state 'Compiled' time)",
   "source_tier": 1,
   "source_url": "https://countyfilesvbm-ev.floridados.gov/VoteByMailEarlyVotingReports/PublicStats",
   "state_source": "https://countyfilesvbm-ev.floridados.gov/VoteByMailEarlyVotingReports/PublicStats",
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 695668,
    "republican": 640929,
    "other_minor": 40796,
    "no_party_affiliation": 305262,
    "provenance": "published by Florida Division of Elections (Tier 1)"
   },
   "notes": [
    "Compiled from county daily reports; counties report once a day by 8 a.m.",
    "UF Election Lab shows 1,981,475 (UF may use newer county reports)"
   ],
   "cross_check_uf_total": 1981475
  },
  "GA": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 1396777,
   "mail_returned": 70873,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 149358,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 1467650,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/voter-absentee-files",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": [
    "UF note: Georgia's county-level \"Ballots Issued and Accepted\" and \"Ballots to Date\" downloads (from the state's election-data-hub dashboard, https://sos.ga.gov/page/election-data-hub-unofficial-turnout) are compared against the statewide absentee file, county by county, using whichever is higher - this is how same-day in-person early-voting activity (which the statewide absentee file doesn't carry until the next overnight refresh) gets folded in. No district or demographic breakdown is available from these county-level downloads."
   ]
  },
  "HI": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 504,
   "mail_returned": 78844,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 725443,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots sent/issued",
   "total": 79348,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://elections.hawaii.gov/resources/absentee-voting-report/",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": []
  },
  "ID": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 44336,
   "mail_returned": 70695,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 158124,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 115031,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "Idaho Secretary of State",
   "notes": [
    "UF note: Idaho's daily absentee file covers mail ballots only - in-person early voting counts are scraped separately from the state's own dashboard (https://voteidaho.gov/data-and-dashboards/absentee-tracker/) and added in as a single statewide/county total, with no party, age, or gender breakdown available for it (the dashboard's own party breakdown mixes mail and in-person together, so it can't be used to split out the in-person-only portion). Congressional and state-legislative district totals are mail ballots only and do not include in-person early voting, so they will run lower than the statewide/county totals."
   ],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 14608,
    "republican": 42379,
    "no_party_or_other": 13708,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "IL": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 231290,
   "mail_returned": 369861,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 1125529,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 601151,
   "as_of": "2026-10-21",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://www.elections.il.gov/VotingAndRegistrationSystems/PreElectionCounts.aspx",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": []
  },
  "IN": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 261094,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 317503,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 261094,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "Indiana Secretary of State",
   "notes": []
  },
  "IA": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 115907,
   "mail_returned": 51288,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 160515,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 167195,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "Iowa Secretary of State",
   "notes": [
    "UF note: Iowa's BALLOT_STATUS field is not fully documented - this site infers whether a mail ballot was accepted from whether it has a RECEIVED_DATE rather than from BALLOT_STATUS directly. Figures may be revised once the Iowa Secretary of State's office provides official field documentation."
   ],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 86418,
    "republican": 52424,
    "no_party_or_other": 28353,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "KS": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 98189,
   "mail_returned": 24155,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 99048,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 122344,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "Kansas Secretary of State",
   "notes": [],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 59752,
    "republican": 46560,
    "no_party_or_other": 16032,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "KY": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 2975,
   "mail_returned": 25404,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 67469,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 28379,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://elect.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": [
    "UF note: Kentucky reports are typically time-stamped one day behind when they are updated to this site. The reported date is as of the upload to this site is so that site vistors can be aware when a new report is available."
   ],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 15422,
    "republican": 10673,
    "no_party_or_other": 2284,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "LA": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 119236,
   "mail_returned": 56477,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": null,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "state does not publish requests (UF sets equal to returned)",
   "total": 175713,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://www.sos.la.gov/elections-voting/early-voting-statistics-statewide",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": [
    "UF note: Louisiana does not publish mail ballot request data - the ballots requested figures shown for Louisiana equal ballots returned. Louisiana rreports statistics for Whites, Blacks, and other only."
   ],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 75598,
    "republican": 71389,
    "no_party_or_other": 28726,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "ME": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 135484,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 201482,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 135484,
   "as_of": "2026-10-20",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/data/index.html",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": [],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 70569,
    "republican": 27157,
    "no_party_or_other": 37758,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "MD": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 242744,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 635280,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 242744,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://elections.maryland.gov/press_room/index.html",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": [
    "UF note: Maryland reports are typically time-stamped one day behind when they are updated to this site. The reported date is as of the upload to this site is so that site vistors can be aware when a new report is available."
   ],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 167311,
    "republican": 39319,
    "no_party_or_other": 36114,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "MA": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 108919,
   "mail_returned": 432427,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 1043183,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 541346,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth",
   "notes": []
  },
  "MI": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 920773,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 2141828,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 920773,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "Data provided by Michigan Secretary of State",
   "notes": []
  },
  "MN": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 80870,
   "mail_returned": 121382,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 438943,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 202252,
   "as_of": "2026-10-16",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://www.sos.mn.gov/election-administration-campaigns/data-maps/absentee-data/",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": []
  },
  "MS": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 29647,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 37101,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 29647,
   "as_of": "2026-10-19",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "Mississippi Secretary of State - Statewide Election Management System",
   "notes": []
  },
  "MO": {
   "reported": false,
   "reason": "No public statewide count found (UF lists source as TBD)",
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null
  },
  "MT": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 137265,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 522166,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots sent/issued",
   "total": 137265,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://sosmt.gov/elections/absentee-ballot-count/",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": []
  },
  "NE": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 17838,
   "mail_returned": 108116,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 233336,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 125954,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "Data file provided by Nebraska Secretary of State",
   "notes": [],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 52829,
    "republican": 52129,
    "no_party_or_other": 20996,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "NV": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 106629,
   "mail_returned": 178222,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 2081400,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots sent/issued",
   "total": 284851,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://www.nvsos.gov/elections/election-information/vivid-project",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": [
    "UF note: Statewide and county totals, method of voting (mail vs. in-person), and party registration all come from two public JSON files the state's own Vivid dashboard uses. District (congressional/legislative) and age breakdowns come from a separate individual-level file and may not sum to exactly the same statewide total."
   ],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 112888,
    "republican": 101237,
    "no_party_or_other": 70726,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "NH": {
   "reported": false,
   "reason": "No in-person early voting; no public statewide absentee count found"
  },
  "NJ": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 417489,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 918406,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 417489,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "New Jersey Secretary of State",
   "notes": [],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 274169,
    "republican": 79228,
    "no_party_or_other": 64092,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "NM": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 147804,
   "mail_returned": 40076,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 89097,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 187880,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "New Mexico Secretary of State",
   "notes": [],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 106798,
    "republican": 51720,
    "no_party_or_other": 29362,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "NY": {
   "reported": false,
   "reason": "Early voting begins Oct 24; no counts yet",
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null
  },
  "NC": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 1050226,
   "mail_returned": 51096,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 162353,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 1101322,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://dl.ncsbe.gov/?prefix=ENRS/2026_11_03/",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": [
    "UF note: North Carolina provides summary ballot request statistics available for counties only. No mail ballot request statistics by district are available."
   ],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 473966,
    "republican": 248121,
    "no_party_or_other": 379235,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "ND": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 692,
   "mail_returned": 30199,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 53405,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots sent",
   "total": 30891,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date retrieved (page shows no timestamp)",
   "source_tier": 1,
   "source_url": "https://vip.sos.nd.gov/abev.aspx?eid=348",
   "state_source": "https://vip.sos.nd.gov/abev.aspx?eid=348",
   "notes": [
    "In-person early voting is offered only in some ND counties"
   ],
   "cross_check_uf_total": 30891
  },
  "OH": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": null,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 708022,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 838018,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://data.ohiosos.gov/portal/election-dashboards",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": [
    "UF note: In-person early votes may be different than reported by the Ohio Secretary of State. They are approximated by counting a ballot sent and received on the same day as an in-person early vote.",
    "Ohio's file does not separate in-person from mail; UF approximates the split, so only the total is kept"
   ]
  },
  "OK": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 22874,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 64920,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 22874,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "Oklahoma State Board of Elections",
   "notes": [
    "UF note: These data are obtained from the Oklahoma State Board of Elections Election Data Warehouse. A link is provided to the state public reporting site for when it becomes available.",
    "Party breakdown omitted: from state data warehouse, not a public report"
   ]
  },
  "OR": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 271544,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 3117439,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots sent/issued",
   "total": 271544,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/Ballot-Return-Dashboard-Nov-3-2026.pdf",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": [],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 136561,
    "republican": 73041,
    "no_party_or_other": 61942,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "PA": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 723055,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 1223893,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 723055,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://data.pa.gov/Government-Efficiency-Citizen-Engagement/2026-General-Election-Mail-Ballot-Requests-Departm/nbwd-pfn4/about_data",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": [
    "UF note: These statistics are compiled from an individual level file which may have slightly different statistics than the state's summary report. I believe the discrepancy is due to timing of when the state generates these data. The individual file has age and district identifiers that allow me to produce more statistics."
   ],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 484534,
    "republican": 174012,
    "no_party_or_other": 64509,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "RI": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 39123,
   "mail_returned": 15183,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 32335,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 54306,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "Rhode Island Secretary of State",
   "notes": [],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 25079,
    "republican": 4706,
    "no_party_or_other": 24521,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "SC": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 280114,
   "mail_returned": null,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": null,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 280114,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://scvotes.gov/elections-statistics/voter-participation/",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": [
    "UF note: South Carolina's in-person early-voting total (by county) comes from a separate report with no race or Hispanic ethnicity breakdown; the race/ethnicity figures shown reflect mail ballots only."
   ]
  },
  "SD": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 41057,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 51101,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 41057,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "South Dakota Secretary of State",
   "notes": [],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 12684,
    "republican": 21597,
    "no_party_or_other": 6776,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "TN": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 577423,
   "mail_returned": null,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": null,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 577423,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://sos.tn.gov/govotetn",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": [
    "UF note: Tennessee's daily turnout report provides a cumulative county-level total for in-person early voters only. No mail-ballot figures or demographic data are available for Tennessee at at this time."
   ]
  },
  "TX": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 2159850,
   "mail_returned": 110767,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 110767,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots sent/issued",
   "total": 2270617,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-evr-ui/evr",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": [
    "UF note: Texas does not report mail ballot requests. Requests are equal to mail ballots sent."
   ]
  },
  "UT": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 583,
   "mail_returned": 114416,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": null,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "UF figure is active registered voters, not ballots sent",
   "total": 114999,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "Utah Lt. Governor",
   "notes": [
    "UF note: Utah is a universal vote-by-mail state - every \"Active\" registered voter is automatically mailed a ballot each election, and a 2025 law phasing this out does not take effect until 2029. Statewide and county \"ballots requested\" figures are therefore the number of Active registered voters by party, scraped from the Lt. Governor's current voter registration statistics page. Congressional district figures instead use accepted ballots as a stand-in, since Utah does not publish district-level registration or request data."
   ],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 26212,
    "republican": 59051,
    "no_party_or_other": 29736,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "VT": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 88111,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 457964,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots sent/issued",
   "total": 88111,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "Data provided Vermont Secretary of State",
   "notes": []
  },
  "VA": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 627529,
   "mail_returned": 242684,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 459621,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 870213,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://www.vpap.org/elections/early-voting/",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": []
  },
  "WA": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 616612,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": null,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "UF figure is active registered voters, not ballots sent",
   "total": 616612,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/data-research/election-data-and-maps/ballot-return-statistics",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": [
    "UF note: Washington is a universal vote-by-mail state - every active registered voter is automatically mailed a ballot, so the \"ballots requested\" figures shown are active registered voters (from the state's own voter registration file) rather than a separate request count. Gender is the only demographic breakdown available for Washington; no party, race, or age data is published with ballot returns."
   ]
  },
  "WV": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 16922,
   "mail_returned": null,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": null,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "no mail figure (UF sets equal to in-person returns)",
   "total": 16922,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "West Virginia Secretary of State",
   "notes": [
    "UF note: West Virginia publishes in-person early vote returns by county and party only - there is no mail-ballot figure and no separate ballots-requested figure, so the \"ballots requested\" figures shown equal early vote returns. No age, gender, race, or district-level data is available."
   ],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 7258,
    "republican": 6380,
    "no_party_or_other": 3284,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  },
  "WI": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": 103210,
   "mail_returned": 317077,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 485352,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 420287,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": "https://elections.wi.gov/resources/statistics/absentee-ballot-report-november-3-2026-general-election-0",
   "state_source_name": null,
   "notes": []
  },
  "WY": {
   "reported": true,
   "in_person_early": null,
   "mail_returned": 29348,
   "mail_requested_or_sent": 42472,
   "mail_requested_or_sent_meaning": "ballots requested",
   "total": 29348,
   "as_of": "2026-10-22",
   "as_of_precision": "date (UF upload date; KY and MD state reports run one day behind)",
   "source_tier": 2,
   "source_url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/",
   "state_source": null,
   "state_source_name": "Wyoming Secretary of State",
   "notes": [],
   "party_registration": {
    "label": "by party registration, not votes",
    "democrat": 5529,
    "republican": 21676,
    "no_party_or_other": 2143,
    "provenance": "compiled by UF Election Lab from the state's own file/report (Tier 2)"
   }
  }
 }
}