Early voting in California

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Early vote in California

Ballots cast so far6,662,914as of Nov 2

Registration leanNo lean shown

California does not report the party of early voters, so there is nothing to compare.

Mail ballots returned: 6,364,403
In-person early votes: 298,511
Mail ballots requested: 23,451,219

Counts as of November 2, 2026, from civicAPI (opens in a new tab), which collects them from state election offices. Party is the voter’s registration, never how they voted, and many states report none.

What the state reportsAs of Nov 2, 2026

Count	Ballots	As of	Party registration	Lean
Mail ballots returned	6,364,403	Nov 2	Party not reported	None
In-person early votes	298,511	Nov 2	Party not reported	None
Mail ballots requested	23,451,219	Nov 2	Party not reported	None

Mail ballots requested are not votes. Ballots cast is mail ballots returned plus in-person early votes. A category the state does not collect is shown as not reported, not as zero.

Day by dayDays before election day

Point to read a day. Drag across the chart to see a period’s change.

Latest: 1 day out

civicAPI keeps no earlier election's early vote for California.

The numbers behind the chart

Day	Cast	Mail returned	In person	Mail requested
Nov 2, 2026	6,662,914	6,364,403	298,511	23,451,219
Nov 1, 2026	5,965,896	5,739,393	226,503	23,451,160
Oct 31, 2026	5,504,307	5,354,920	149,387	23,451,053
Oct 30, 2026	5,063,243	4,943,675	119,568	23,450,869
Oct 29, 2026	4,827,892	4,730,629	97,263	23,450,456
Oct 28, 2026	4,307,811	4,230,291	77,520	23,447,524
Oct 27, 2026	3,421,226	3,381,478	39,748	23,444,011
Oct 26, 2026	3,249,374	3,209,626	39,748	23,444,011
Oct 25, 2026	3,146,689	3,118,374	28,315	23,443,978
Oct 24, 2026	2,943,863	2,936,954	6,909	23,443,789
Oct 23, 2026	2,762,552	2,762,552	n/r	23,413,454
Oct 22, 2026	2,478,771	2,478,771	n/r	23,413,436
Oct 21, 2026	1,973,289	1,973,289	n/r	23,413,436
Oct 20, 2026	1,871,380	1,871,380	n/r	23,413,436
Oct 19, 2026	1,548,252	1,548,252	n/r	23,400,991
Oct 18, 2026	1,391,278	1,391,278	n/r	23,400,899
Oct 17, 2026	1,313,465	1,313,465	n/r	23,400,445
Oct 16, 2026	1,201,759	1,201,759	n/r	23,390,609
Oct 15, 2026	903,615	903,615	n/r	23,380,444
Oct 14, 2026	633,759	633,759	n/r	23,370,046
Oct 13, 2026	407,317	407,317	n/r	23,352,190
Oct 12, 2026	308,018	308,018	n/r	23,352,190
Oct 10, 2026	203,541	203,541	n/r	23,343,095
Oct 9, 2026	121,203	121,203	n/r	23,332,840
Oct 8, 2026	38,880	38,880	n/r	23,321,665
Oct 7, 2026	15,948	15,948	n/r	23,308,042

By county58 areas · most ballots first

Under 6,897 ballots
6,897 to 20,493 ballots
20,494 to 57,056 ballots
57,057 to 137,028 ballots
137,029 or more ballots
No count

County or area	Ballots cast	Mail returned	In person	Mail requested	Party registration of ballots cast
Los Angeles	1,383,622	1,247,132	136,490	5,949,481	Party not reported
San Diego	709,983	689,929	20,054	2,040,574	Party not reported
Orange	658,801	612,803	45,998	1,927,842	Party not reported
Riverside	371,340	358,237	13,103	1,464,455	Party not reported
Santa Clara	356,586	344,015	12,571	1,087,120	Party not reported
Sacramento	300,133	294,104	6,029	929,138	Party not reported
San Bernardino	281,327	281,327	n/r	1,258,114	Party not reported
Alameda	275,032	267,720	7,312	991,648	Party not reported
Contra Costa	217,055	215,593	1,462	737,815	Party not reported
Ventura	166,931	159,567	7,364	531,128	Party not reported
San Mateo	154,060	149,290	4,770	452,875	Party not reported
San Francisco	137,029	136,795	234	542,629	Party not reported
Fresno	133,327	126,380	6,947	536,081	Party not reported
Sonoma	127,171	125,063	2,108	322,896	Party not reported
Kern	119,390	118,965	425	469,006	Party not reported
Placer	109,728	93,706	16,022	303,822	Party not reported
San Joaquin	104,446	103,906	540	419,565	Party not reported
Santa Barbara	81,433	81,307	126	252,012	Party not reported
Stanislaus	78,167	76,456	1,711	304,775	Party not reported
Marin	69,501	68,072	1,429	175,661	Party not reported
Monterey	68,577	67,945	632	222,870	Party not reported
San Luis Obispo	66,468	66,275	193	185,771	Party not reported
Solano	65,726	65,451	275	280,408	Party not reported
Santa Cruz	57,057	54,111	2,946	175,389	Party not reported
El Dorado	56,492	55,442	1,050	139,231	Party not reported
Tulare	53,724	53,293	431	230,834	Party not reported
Butte	45,994	45,994	n/r	128,586	Party not reported
Yolo	41,075	39,977	1,098	125,292	Party not reported
Merced	35,797	35,000	797	138,953	Party not reported
Napa	30,687	30,242	445	87,178	Party not reported
Nevada	29,839	28,306	1,533	77,709	Party not reported
Shasta	29,671	29,669	2	116,585	Party not reported
Madera	25,389	24,693	696	84,233	Party not reported
Humboldt	24,997	23,798	1,199	87,506	Party not reported
Mendocino	20,494	20,494	n/r	54,897	Party not reported
Kings	17,524	17,210	314	61,545	Party not reported
Imperial	16,403	16,123	280	96,220	Party not reported
Sutter	14,833	14,796	37	55,906	Party not reported
Tuolumne	14,030	13,898	132	36,276	Party not reported
Calaveras	12,858	11,892	966	33,244	Party not reported
Tehama	11,053	10,963	90	37,778	Party not reported
Amador	10,539	10,301	238	27,433	Party not reported
Lake	9,816	9,758	58	38,424	Party not reported
San Benito	9,712	9,365	347	40,278	Party not reported
Siskiyou	9,691	9,691	n/r	27,993	Party not reported
Yuba	9,230	9,188	42	47,348	Party not reported
Plumas	6,897	6,897	n/r	13,094	Party not reported
Mariposa	5,224	5,224	n/r	11,974	Party not reported
Lassen	4,843	4,833	10	15,473	Party not reported
Del Norte	4,531	4,531	n/r	15,333	Party not reported
Glenn	4,059	4,056	3	14,381	Party not reported
Inyo	3,840	3,840	n/r	11,057	Party not reported
Colusa	2,790	2,790	n/r	11,113	Party not reported
Trinity	2,620	2,620	n/r	7,848	Party not reported
Mono	2,179	2,179	n/r	8,075	Party not reported
Modoc	1,688	1,688	n/r	5,218	Party not reported
Sierra	1,162	1,161	1	2,188	Party not reported
Alpine	343	342	1	941	Party not reported

County counts are the newest the state has published and can be a day or more older than the state total above. Some states report by town or another area instead of by county.

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