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Kentucky early vote 2026

civicAPI snapshot of Oct 25 · civicAPI, compiled from state and county election offices ↗

On the ballot in Kentucky: Senate forecast →

No party in the count civicAPI's count for Kentucky does not split ballots by party, so it is ballots alone. No party split is shown or estimated.

Counts from civicAPI Call the Map does not read Kentucky's own file. These counts come from civicAPI, which compiles them from state and county election offices; it takes one snapshot a day, dated here the day before it was taken.

Ballots returned38,102through Oct 23 · +5,597 that day
vs 2024−54%same days before Election Day
Days to Election Day11as of Oct 23

Where it stands

  • 2026Oct 2338,102
  • 2024Oct 25, 2024 · same days before Election Day82,9062026: −54%
  • 2024 finalall early ballots, Nov 5, 2024803,596

Five days of counts so far. The chart starts once 7 days can be set beside 2024; 3 so far.

Mail or in person

Mail 30,741 80.7%In person 7,361 19.3%

In-person early voting: Oct 21 to Oct 31. Kentucky requires an excuse to vote by mail or before Oct 29; anyone may vote early in person Oct 29 to 31.

Known

  • 38,102 ballots returnedthrough Oct 23
  • Mail or in person
  • On 5 dayscivicAPI's snapshot each day since Oct 19
  • Against the same point of 2024

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 in civicAPI's count
  • Party registration of the voterscivicAPI's count does not split ballots by party
How Kentucky is counted and compared
  • 2022 is read at the same number of days before the election. No statewide first day of voting is on record for 2022 or this year, so the years are read at the same number of days before the election.
  • 2024 is read at the same number of days before the election. No statewide first day of voting is on record for 2024 or this year, so the years are read at the same number of days before the election.
  • Counts from civicAPI (civicapi.org), which compiles them from state and county election offices; Call the Map does not read this state's own file.
  • Counted: mail ballots returned plus early in-person votes.
  • civicAPI takes one snapshot a day; its counts are dated the day before the snapshot.
  • 2024: Counts mail-in and military/overseas (FPCA) ballots returned plus excused and no-excuse in-person votes; the sum is the board's 'UNOFFICIAL Total Absentee'.
  • 2024: The board splits only DEM and REP; U is the remainder: Other/Independent registrants plus all FPCA ballots, which the board does not split by party.
  • 2024: Rebuilt from the 16 daily workbooks the board still publishes; days without a workbook are gaps, not zero.
  • 2024: Mail voting in Kentucky requires an excuse; no-excuse in-person early voting ran Thursday to Saturday before Election Day (2024-10-31 to 11-02).
  • 2022: Counts mail-in and military/overseas (FPCA) ballots returned plus excused and no-excuse in-person votes; the sum is the board's 'UNOFFICIAL Total Absentee'.
  • 2022: The board splits only DEM and REP; U is the remainder: Other/Independent registrants plus all FPCA ballots, which the board does not split by party.
  • 2022: Only the 2022-11-04 workbook is still published; it is the final 2022 snapshot available, not a certified count, and may not include Saturday 2022-11-05 no-excuse in-person voting.
  • 2022: Mail voting in Kentucky requires an excuse; no-excuse in-person early voting ran Thursday to Saturday before Election Day (2022-11-03 to 11-05).

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

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