Early voting in Kentucky

Ballots returned by mail and cast in person in Kentucky, as the state reports them. Who is running in Kentucky →

Early vote in Kentucky

Ballots cast so far438,602as of Oct 31

Democratic 48.5%Republican 44.4%Party not reported 7.1%

Democratic registrants aheadD +4.4

Among the 407,328 ballots whose voter’s party is known. This is who is registered with each party, not how anyone voted.

Mail ballots returned: 47,866
In-person early votes: 390,736
Mail ballots requested: 66,866

Counts as of October 31, 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 Oct 31, 2026

Count	Ballots	As of	Lean
Mail ballots returned	47,866	Oct 31	D +21.1
In-person early votes	390,736	Oct 31	D +2.3
Mail ballots requested	66,866	Oct 31	D +23.9

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

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Latest: 3 days out

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

The numbers behind the chart

Day	Cast	Mail returned	In person	Mail requested
Oct 31, 2026	438,602	47,866	390,736	66,866
Oct 30, 2026	327,765	47,056	280,709	66,915
Oct 29, 2026	192,709	43,341	149,368	66,946
Oct 28, 2026	54,219	40,760	13,459	66,979
Oct 27, 2026	49,502	37,859	11,643	67,017
Oct 26, 2026	44,531	34,897	9,634	67,038
Oct 25, 2026	38,664	31,303	7,361	67,058
Oct 24, 2026	38,085	30,724	7,361	67,010
Oct 23, 2026	38,102	30,741	7,361	67,047
Oct 22, 2026	32,505	27,435	5,070	67,010
Oct 21, 2026	28,379	25,404	2,975	66,751
Oct 20, 2026	23,121	23,121	n/r	63,321
Oct 19, 2026	20,763	20,763	n/r	60,916
Oct 18, 2026	17,798	17,798	n/r	58,079
Oct 17, 2026	17,614	17,614	n/r	57,406
Oct 16, 2026	17,590	17,590	n/r	57,378
Oct 15, 2026	15,647	15,647	n/r	54,985
Oct 14, 2026	14,098	14,098	n/r	53,376
Oct 13, 2026	12,483	12,483	n/r	51,157
Oct 12, 2026	10,703	10,703	n/r	48,193
Oct 11, 2026	9,545	9,545	n/r	45,997
Oct 9, 2026	9,464	9,464	n/r	45,786
Oct 8, 2026	8,048	8,048	n/r	43,288
Oct 7, 2026	7,159	7,159	n/r	40,896
Oct 6, 2026	6,067	6,067	n/r	36,495
Oct 5, 2026	4,995	4,995	n/r	32,801
Oct 4, 2026	3,572	3,572	n/r	29,393
Oct 3, 2026	3,522	3,522	n/r	29,203
Oct 2, 2026	3,517	3,517	n/r	29,163
Oct 1, 2026	2,783	2,783	n/r	26,846
Sep 30, 2026	2,166	2,166	n/r	25,198
Sep 29, 2026	1,596	1,596	n/r	22,920
Sep 28, 2026	962	962	n/r	20,752
Sep 27, 2026	459	459	n/r	17,825
Sep 26, 2026	405	405	n/r	17,731
Sep 25, 2026	402	402	n/r	17,708
Sep 24, 2026	204	204	n/r	14,934
Sep 23, 2026	81	81	n/r	11,911
Sep 22, 2026	36	36	n/r	9,534

By county120 areas · most ballots first

D +12 or more
D +6 to 12
D +3 to 6
D +1 to 3
Even, within 1 point
R +1 to 3
R +3 to 6
R +6 to 12
R +12 or more
Party not reported
No count

County or area	Ballots cast	Mail returned	In person	Mail requested
Jefferson	79,165	7,304	71,861	11,473
Fayette	29,838	5,543	24,295	8,076
Kenton	19,610	1,927	17,683	2,570
Warren	14,060	946	13,114	1,400
Madison	13,909	1,169	12,740	1,685
Hardin	12,369	1,591	10,778	2,061
Oldham	11,458	717	10,741	1,179
Boone	10,792	1,366	9,426	1,997
Daviess	9,716	1,251	8,465	1,644
Bullitt	9,497	890	8,607	1,129
Campbell	9,389	886	8,503	1,364
Scott	8,028	644	7,384	888
Pulaski	7,191	672	6,519	856
Franklin	7,168	614	6,554	851
Nelson	5,679	605	5,074	759
Woodford	5,666	522	5,144	689
Jessamine	5,261	768	4,493	1,259
Henderson	5,135	269	4,866	421
Mccracken	5,061	715	4,346	982
Anderson	4,961	152	4,809	209
Clark	4,752	443	4,309	568
Calloway	4,476	402	4,074	492
Laurel	4,378	815	3,563	1,007
Christian	4,359	293	4,066	443
Shelby	4,057	521	3,536	682
Barren	3,998	258	3,740	421
Boyle	3,919	374	3,545	494
Hopkins	3,765	310	3,455	411
Montgomery	3,617	319	3,298	419
Muhlenberg	3,539	259	3,280	371
Pike	3,383	448	2,935	579
Spencer	3,028	134	2,894	178
Floyd	3,005	474	2,531	590
Boyd	3,002	529	2,473	721
Marshall	2,782	225	2,557	323
Meade	2,685	217	2,468	318
Mercer	2,668	240	2,428	320
Bourbon	2,653	303	2,350	397
Logan	2,574	210	2,364	288
Taylor	2,543	196	2,347	279
Whitley	2,491	320	2,171	378
Marion	2,207	161	2,046	214
Russell	2,149	233	1,916	282
Graves	2,142	192	1,950	256
Rowan	2,115	265	1,850	366
Powell	2,029	347	1,682	476
Simpson	2,014	142	1,872	184
Mason	1,977	237	1,740	287
Lincoln	1,963	172	1,791	252
Grayson	1,893	181	1,712	243
Johnson	1,878	317	1,561	391
Greenup	1,874	361	1,513	478
Harrison	1,868	180	1,688	254
Perry	1,863	272	1,591	316
Carter	1,810	227	1,583	326
Grant	1,726	121	1,605	177
Knox	1,717	224	1,493	326
Washington	1,711	137	1,574	176
Trigg	1,663	131	1,532	164
Estill	1,662	188	1,474	244
Clinton	1,652	220	1,432	281
Bell	1,646	282	1,364	356
Bath	1,590	236	1,354	276
Garrard	1,556	190	1,366	255
Ohio	1,521	123	1,398	158
Adair	1,492	156	1,336	198
Wayne	1,469	279	1,190	344
Larue	1,461	101	1,360	138
Caldwell	1,437	113	1,324	160
Letcher	1,409	224	1,185	267
Casey	1,408	73	1,335	125
Knott	1,392	351	1,041	411
Breckinridge	1,387	69	1,318	202
Allen	1,383	149	1,234	191
Magoffin	1,260	410	850	542
Henry	1,254	55	1,199	159
Nicholas	1,206	206	1,000	241
Rockcastle	1,195	172	1,023	213
Fleming	1,184	139	1,045	168
Breathitt	1,180	329	851	405
Harlan	1,157	139	1,018	183
Carroll	1,152	130	1,022	167
Pendleton	1,140	158	982	199
Hart	1,021	168	853	202
Metcalfe	992	112	880	133
Morgan	945	262	683	304
Bracken	944	118	826	129
Green	935	109	826	131
Union	935	73	862	103
Trimble	933	100	833	125
Menifee	910	273	637	300
Jackson	905	199	706	254
Mccreary	871	167	704	231
Livingston	867	116	751	156
Crittenden	866	27	839	39
Lyon	831	67	764	91
Lawrence	815	155	660	202
Owen	807	100	707	121
Edmonson	753	57	696	83
Butler	750	67	683	103
Clay	734	158	576	211
Martin	707	83	624	119
Hancock	691	58	633	75
Todd	604	36	568	51
Gallatin	597	57	540	70
Lewis	575	80	495	95
Owsley	546	173	373	212
Webster	532	47	485	69
Wolfe	532	78	454	98
Lee	524	113	411	133
Mclean	514	74	440	105
Cumberland	510	42	468	70
Ballard	471	57	414	80
Leslie	471	101	370	137
Monroe	437	68	369	87
Fulton	417	57	360	78
Carlisle	372	29	343	53
Elliott	344	73	271	97
Hickman	303	29	274	40
Robertson	222	50	172	57

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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