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California early vote 2026

State file of Oct 24 · California Secretary of State, ballot return statistics ↗ · newest count via civicAPI ↗

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No party in the file California's file does not split ballots by party, so its count is ballots alone. No party split is shown or estimated.

Newest count from civicAPI, Oct 24 California's own file runs through Oct 22. civicAPI, which compiles counts from state and county election offices, had a newer one, shown as the last day; the state's own file takes over again once it catches up.

Held at Oct 25 Since Oct 25 the state's file was not found where it is posted; this is its last count.

Ballots returned2,943,863through Oct 24 · +181,311 that day
Days to Election Day10as of Oct 24

Where the ballots are

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Each bar is a place’s ballots against the largest place’s, split by party registration: Democrats, unaffiliated, Republicans. The figure at the end is the D–R gap. All ballots in this year’s file.
  1. Los Angeles486,793
  2. San Diego319,707
  3. Orange260,576
  4. Riverside176,195
  5. Santa Clara120,294
  6. San Bernardino119,160
  7. Sacramento111,828
  8. Alameda98,478
  9. Contra Costa95,937
  10. Ventura60,965

Mail or in person

Mail 2,936,954 99.8%In person 6,909 0.2%

Counties mail ballots and open early voting sites by Oct 5; vote centers in Voter's Choice Act counties open Oct 24. The state's report counts mail ballots only.

Known

  • 2,943,863 ballots returnedthrough Oct 24
  • Mail or in person
  • On 8 daysthe state's page as read each day since Oct 16; the newest, Oct 24, from civicAPI
  • By 58 counties

Not known

  • How anyone votedballots stay sealed until they are counted
  • Election Day turnout
  • Mail ballots still outrequested or sent and not yet returned; not read from the state's file yet
  • Party registration of the votersthe state's file does not split ballots by party
  • Anything since Oct 25the state's newest file could not be used
  • Ballots reported after Oct 25
How California is counted and compared
  • Counts vote-by-mail ballots returned (by mail, drop box, drop-off location or vote center), from the Secretary of State's ballot return statistics.
  • The report does not split ballots by party, age or gender.
  • Votes cast in person at vote centers before Election Day are not in this report.

Last checked Counts change only when a state has posted a new file.

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