Iowa early vote 2026
State file of Oct 24 · Iowa Secretary of State, daily absentee statistics by county ↗ · newest count via civicAPI ↗
On the ballot in Iowa: Senate forecast → · Governor forecast →
Newest count from civicAPI, Oct 24 Iowa's own file runs through Oct 15. 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 could not be read; this is its last count.
Where it stands
- 2026Oct 24 · day 11207,774D+18.9
- 2022 finalall early ballots, Nov 8, 2022371,132D+17.6
Dem 105,744Rep 66,522Unaff. 35,508
The chart starts once 7 days can be set beside 2022 or 2024; 6 so far.
Against whole elections
So far, Iowa’s early ballots equal 17% of all votes cast for U.S. Senate in 2022 and 12% of all votes cast for President in 2024.
- 2026 so farearly ballots returned207,774
- 2022 all votescast for U.S. Senate1,216,646
| Year | Early ballots, final | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | D+17.6 | R+12.2 U.S. Senate |
| 2024 | R+1.7 | R+13.2 President |
Registration is not a vote, and the result also counts every ballot cast on Election Day. Results: Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections 2022; Federal Election Commission, Official 2024 Presidential General Election Results.
Where the ballots are
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Last column: this year's ballots as a share of the county's whole 2022 early vote.
- Johnson3,368D+64.813%
- Polk3,091D+47.36%
- Scott2,730D+24.812%
- Black Hawk1,568D+43.011%
- Dubuque1,326D+33.010%
- Dallas1,040D+19.38%
- Warren927D+5.414%
- Story860D+38.78%
- Winneshiek706D+29.715%
- Cerro Gordo692D+30.312%
Mail or in person
Mail 71,145 34.2%In person 136,629 65.8%
In-person early voting: Oct 14 to Nov 2.
Known
- 207,774 ballots returnedthrough Oct 24
- Each ballot's party registration
- Mail or in person
- On 8 daysthe state's page as read each day since Oct 14; the newest, Oct 24, from civicAPI
- By 99 counties and congressional districts
Not known
- How anyone votedballots stay sealed until they are counted
- How unaffiliated voters lean35,508, 17% of ballots
- Election Day turnout
- Mail ballots still outrequested or sent and not yet returned; not read from the state's file yet
- Anything since Oct 25the state's newest file could not be used
- Ballots reported after Oct 25
- How day 11 of voting compares with 2022 or 2024no count survives for that day
How Iowa is counted and compared
- 2022 is read on the same day of voting as this year. Voting opened 20 days before the election in 2022 (October 19) and 20 days before it this year (October 14), so each year is read on the same day of its own voting.
- 2024 is read on the same day of voting as this year. Voting opened 20 days before the election in 2024 (October 16) and 20 days before it this year (October 14), so each year is read on the same day of its own voting.
- Counts absentee ballots received by county auditors (in person at the auditor or a satellite site, or returned by mail or drop box); election-day votes at the polls are not included, and received ballots are not yet checked for acceptance.
- Each row is a published snapshot dated by the day its data runs through (the state pulls it early the next morning); days without a snapshot are gaps, not carried forward.
- In-person counts counter and satellite voting; mail includes drop box, e-mail and fax returns and ballots delivered to health care facility residents.
- U is no party plus Libertarian and other registrations.
- The source has no age or gender breakdown.
- The 2026 absentee period opens October 14 (20 days out); in-person absentee voting at the auditor's office runs through November 2.
- The latest snapshot's pages print different 'Data Pulled' stamps (2026-10-15T08:00:00Z, 2026-10-16T08:00:00Z); it is dated by the newest, which the file's upload time supports.
- 2024: Counts absentee ballots received by county auditors (in person at the auditor or a satellite site, or returned by mail or drop box); election-day votes at the polls are not included, and received ballots are not yet checked for acceptance.
- 2024: Each row is a published snapshot dated by the day its data runs through (the state pulls it early the next morning); days without a snapshot are gaps, not carried forward.
- 2024: In-person counts counter and satellite voting; mail includes drop box, e-mail and fax returns and ballots delivered to health care facility residents.
- 2024: U is no party plus Libertarian and other registrations.
- 2024: The source has no age or gender breakdown.
- 2024: The 2024 absentee period opened October 16 (20 days out); snapshots were published on weekdays, plus Saturday, November 2.
- 2024: 1 received ballot(s) the file lists without a usable receipt method are counted in the totals but not in the mail/in-person split.
- 2022: Counts absentee ballots received by county auditors (in person at the auditor or a satellite site, or returned by mail or drop box); election-day votes at the polls are not included, and received ballots are not yet checked for acceptance.
- 2022: Each row is a published snapshot dated by the day its data runs through (the state pulls it early the next morning); days without a snapshot are gaps, not carried forward.
- 2022: In-person counts counter and satellite voting; mail includes drop box, e-mail and fax returns and ballots delivered to health care facility residents.
- 2022: U is no party plus Libertarian and other registrations.
- 2022: The source has no age or gender breakdown.
- 2022: The 2022 absentee period opened October 19 (20 days out). Snapshots before it count only the few hundred ballots (mostly military and overseas) received ahead of it.
- 2022: Snapshots printed before October 18, 2022 carry only a 'prepared' date; they are dated, like the rest, to the day before.
- 2022: 2 snapshots sharing one printed date with different counts are left out, since which day each covers cannot be told.
Last checked Counts change only when a state has posted a new file.
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