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Virginia early vote 2026

State file of Oct 24 · Virginia Department of Elections, daily absentee report ↗ · newest count via civicAPI ↗

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No party registration Virginia does not register voters by party, so its count is ballots alone. No party split is shown or estimated.

Newest count from civicAPI, Oct 24 Virginia's own file runs through Oct 21. 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.

Ballots returned1,074,153through Oct 24 · +72,821 that day
Day of voting3710 days to Election Day

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. Fairfax County92,569
  2. Prince William County42,456
  3. Chesterfield County41,699
  4. Virginia Beach City39,438
  5. Loudoun County38,955
  6. Henrico County38,561
  7. Arlington County23,465
  8. Chesapeake City22,948
  9. James City County17,015
  10. Alexandria City16,685

Mail or in person

Mail 263,659 24.5%In person 810,494 75.5%

In-person early voting: Sep 18 to Oct 31. Any Virginia voter may vote early in person or by mail; mail ballots can go out 45 days before the election.

Known

  • 1,074,153 ballots returnedthrough Oct 24
  • Mail or in person
  • On 7 daysthe state's page as read each day since Oct 16; the newest, Oct 24, from civicAPI
  • By 133 counties and congressional districts
  • Voters' age and gender

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 votersVirginia does not register voters by party
  • Anything since Oct 25the state's newest file could not be used
  • Ballots reported after Oct 25

Who has voted

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Shares of the ballots in this year’s file. Not compared with 2022 or 2024.

Age

  • Under 180%
  • 18 to 254%
  • 26 to 408.6%
  • 41 to 6022.7%
  • 61 to 7026.3%
  • Over 7038.4%

Gender

  • Men44.8%
  • Women55.1%
  • X0.1%
How Virginia is counted and compared
  • Counts absentee ballots returned, in person (early voting) or by mail, drop-off or a designated representative, from the Department of Elections' daily absentee report.
  • Virginia does not register voters by party, so no party split exists.
  • Each count is the Department's noon update and may hold part of that morning's in-person voting.
  • Age ranges are the Department's own; gender is as recorded (F, M, X, or not stated).

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

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