Early voting has begun. Here’s what you should see.

20 days
until election day

Note: Includes states that can begin sending mail-in ballots to voters, have reported ballot returns, or have begun in-person early voting.

When Election Day arrives on November 5, millions of voters have already cast their ballots early, both by mail and in person. This site tracks incoming votes and absentee ballot requests.

Early voting so far

Postal voting And early in-person voting as a percentage of voters, compared to the total number of early votes cast in 2020.

Notes: Includes mail-in ballots accepted by each state. Not all returned mail-in ballots will be accepted.

The 2020 presidential election saw a surge in early voting, leading to a massive increase in overall voter turnout and helping Joseph R. Biden Jr. secure his victory. Many states made early voting easier this year due to the pandemic, but over the past four years some states have passed laws making it harder for voters to cast their ballots early this election. The number of people who have requested an absentee ballot in each state gives an indication of what early voter turnout might be.

So far, postal votes have been requested

Ballot requests as a percentage of voters compared to total requests in 2020.

US	55,500,870
Mont.	503,756
Mass.	1,301,377
Me.	2,169,283
SD	146,052
Neb.	276,081
Fla.	3,190,958
Pa.	1,719,933
Maine	191,267
M.D.	774,791
Idaho	165,050
Minn.	609,239
NJ	1,029,571
Wis.	573,750
Ohio	1,044,260
Sick.	1,125,896
ND	72,908
Iowa	207,938
Wyo.	46,521
Va.	542,435
NM	105,743
Alaska	46,849
R.I	54,371
Kan.	118,349
Del.	40,247
OK.	108,213
NC	356,849
Indian	188,516
Conn.	99,087
Ga.	268,527
Miss.	60,057
Ky.	96,231
SC	92,349
W.Va.	15,750
Texas	86,287

Notes: Data refers to ballots requested or mailed, depending on available data in each state.

The strength of early voting in this election will be important to the campaigns of both former President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. According to a study by the MIT Election Data and Science Lab, about 60 percent of Democrats and 32 percent of Republicans voted by mail in 2020.

Postal vote requested by the party

As a percentage of voters registered with a party.

SD
Neb.
Fla.
Pa.
Maine
M.D.
Idaho
NJ
Iowa
Wyo.
NM
Alaska
R.I
Kan.
Del.
OK.
NC
Conn.
Ky.
W.Va.

Notes: Data comes from states that require ballots to be requested and party registration data is reported. Ballot requests are not the same as actual votes.

Despite Mr. Trump’s frequent false claims that mail-in voting is rife with fraud, Republicans have made efforts to encourage early voting in this election. In Pennsylvania, the party has pledged more than $10 million to persuade Republicans to vote by mail in November. But so far, the number of voter applications from registered Democrats in the state far exceeds those from Republicans.

States that made changes to early voting rules since 2020 included Georgia and North Carolina, both key swing states. In Georgia, the Republican legislature and governor passed a sweeping law that shortened the time to request mail-in ballots, imposed strict new ID requirements for those ballots, and significantly limited the availability of drop boxes for mail-in ballots.

North Carolina implemented similar restrictions and sent mail-in ballots to voters two weeks later this year after a last-minute court ordered the removal of Robert F. Kennedy’s name from the ballots. Hurricane Helene also presented challenges for voters in the state, causing significant damage and accessibility issues at ten early voting sites.

This page will be updated regularly with the latest early voting data in each state. Figures may change as new sources of information become available.