Early voting in Minnesota

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

Early vote in Minnesota

Ballots cast so far1,004,125as of Nov 5

Registration leanNo lean shown

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

Mail ballots returned: 298,998
In-person early votes: 705,127
Mail ballots requested: 1,160,215

Counts as of November 5, 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 5, 2026

Count	Ballots	As of	Party registration	Lean
Mail ballots returned	298,998	Nov 5	Party not reported	None
In-person early votes	705,127	Nov 5	Party not reported	None
Mail ballots requested	1,160,215	Nov 5	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: 2 days after

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

The numbers behind the chart

Day	Cast	Mail returned	In person	Mail requested
Nov 5, 2026	1,004,125	298,998	705,127	1,160,215
Nov 4, 2026	1,004,125	298,998	705,127	1,160,215
Nov 3, 2026	1,004,125	298,998	705,127	1,160,215
Nov 2, 2026	886,427	266,580	619,847	1,075,064
Nov 1, 2026	728,961	245,441	483,520	938,686
Oct 31, 2026	728,961	245,441	483,520	938,686
Oct 30, 2026	728,961	245,441	483,520	938,686
Oct 29, 2026	419,189	177,841	241,348	688,688
Oct 28, 2026	419,189	177,841	241,348	688,688
Oct 27, 2026	419,189	177,841	241,348	688,688
Oct 26, 2026	419,189	177,841	241,348	688,688
Oct 25, 2026	419,189	177,841	241,348	688,688
Oct 24, 2026	419,189	177,841	241,348	688,688
Oct 23, 2026	419,189	177,841	241,348	688,688
Oct 22, 2026	202,252	121,382	80,870	519,813
Oct 21, 2026	202,252	121,382	80,870	519,813
Oct 20, 2026	202,252	121,382	80,870	519,813
Oct 19, 2026	202,252	121,382	80,870	519,813
Oct 18, 2026	202,252	121,382	80,870	519,813
Oct 17, 2026	202,252	121,382	80,870	519,813
Oct 16, 2026	202,252	121,382	80,870	519,813
Oct 15, 2026	127,682	79,714	47,968	468,860
Oct 14, 2026	127,682	79,714	47,968	468,860
Oct 13, 2026	127,682	79,714	47,968	468,860
Oct 12, 2026	127,682	79,714	47,968	468,860
Oct 11, 2026	127,682	79,714	47,968	468,860
Oct 10, 2026	127,682	79,714	47,968	468,860
Oct 9, 2026	127,682	79,714	47,968	468,860
Oct 8, 2026	63,396	37,222	26,174	424,515
Oct 7, 2026	63,396	37,222	26,174	424,515
Oct 6, 2026	63,396	37,222	26,174	424,515
Oct 5, 2026	63,396	37,222	26,174	424,515
Oct 4, 2026	63,396	37,222	26,174	424,515
Oct 3, 2026	63,396	37,222	26,174	424,515
Oct 2, 2026	63,396	37,222	26,174	424,515
Oct 1, 2026	12,322	3,919	8,403	384,679
Sep 30, 2026	12,322	3,919	8,403	384,679
Sep 29, 2026	12,322	3,919	8,403	384,679
Sep 28, 2026	12,322	3,919	8,403	384,679
Sep 27, 2026	12,322	3,919	8,403	384,679
Sep 26, 2026	12,322	3,919	8,403	384,679
Sep 25, 2026	12,322	3,919	8,403	384,679
Sep 24, 2026	12,322	3,919	8,403	384,679

By county87 areas · most ballots first

Under 1,585 ballots
1,585 to 2,520 ballots
2,521 to 4,244 ballots
4,245 to 7,385 ballots
7,386 or more ballots
No count

County or area	Ballots cast	Mail returned	In person	Mail requested	Party registration of ballots cast
Hennepin	286,199	60,839	225,360	316,595	Party not reported
Dakota	94,428	18,849	75,579	103,361	Party not reported
Ramsey	81,782	23,752	58,030	92,422	Party not reported
Anoka	64,440	11,497	52,943	69,438	Party not reported
Washington	60,250	12,287	47,963	65,258	Party not reported
Scott	29,386	4,828	24,558	31,669	Party not reported
Olmsted	26,805	6,925	19,880	29,854	Party not reported
Stearns	24,152	6,719	17,433	27,636	Party not reported
St. Louis	22,915	9,662	13,253	27,625	Party not reported
Wright	22,605	3,845	18,760	24,465	Party not reported
Carver	21,913	4,920	16,993	23,556	Party not reported
Blue Earth	12,277	5,560	6,717	16,337	Party not reported
Crow Wing	10,364	4,132	6,232	12,645	Party not reported
Sherburne	10,299	2,649	7,650	11,351	Party not reported
Itasca	10,051	6,620	3,431	14,471	Party not reported
Clay	9,587	3,938	5,649	11,839	Party not reported
Rice	9,467	1,985	7,482	10,353	Party not reported
Cass	7,386	4,711	2,675	10,119	Party not reported
Chisago	7,348	1,865	5,483	7,892	Party not reported
Beltrami	6,745	2,124	4,621	8,949	Party not reported
Nicollet	5,916	3,030	2,886	7,546	Party not reported
Douglas	5,853	1,054	4,799	6,339	Party not reported
Otter Tail	5,708	1,942	3,766	6,709	Party not reported
Carlton	5,393	2,509	2,884	7,153	Party not reported
Winona	5,328	2,117	3,211	6,145	Party not reported
Mower	5,246	2,379	2,867	6,602	Party not reported
Aitkin	5,008	3,614	1,394	7,417	Party not reported
Becker	4,819	2,205	2,614	6,125	Party not reported
Goodhue	4,807	1,683	3,124	5,534	Party not reported
Kandiyohi	4,785	1,811	2,974	5,812	Party not reported
Isanti	4,695	1,033	3,662	5,155	Party not reported
Morrison	4,619	2,739	1,880	6,474	Party not reported
Polk	4,587	3,818	769	7,070	Party not reported
Steele	4,291	714	3,577	4,568	Party not reported
Le Sueur	4,245	2,735	1,510	6,002	Party not reported
Brown	4,025	2,277	1,748	5,389	Party not reported
McLeod	3,965	1,044	2,921	4,525	Party not reported
Lyon	3,788	2,179	1,609	5,255	Party not reported
Hubbard	3,780	1,500	2,280	4,583	Party not reported
Koochiching	3,547	2,412	1,135	5,394	Party not reported
Marshall	3,414	3,202	212	4,901	Party not reported
Pine	3,393	1,488	1,905	4,196	Party not reported
Meeker	3,174	1,667	1,507	4,301	Party not reported
Benton	3,099	1,163	1,936	3,595	Party not reported
Nobles	3,068	2,207	861	4,318	Party not reported
Freeborn	3,022	1,153	1,869	3,663	Party not reported
Fillmore	2,758	1,757	1,001	4,134	Party not reported
Cook	2,754	2,420	334	3,496	Party not reported
Sibley	2,748	1,753	995	4,101	Party not reported
Roseau	2,727	2,078	649	4,312	Party not reported
Martin	2,677	1,220	1,457	3,375	Party not reported
Pope	2,663	1,691	972	3,925	Party not reported
Stevens	2,521	2,128	393	3,401	Party not reported
Grant	2,410	2,281	129	3,578	Party not reported
Mille Lacs	2,248	885	1,363	2,873	Party not reported
Wabasha	2,221	1,169	1,052	2,713	Party not reported
Pipestone	2,152	1,700	452	3,197	Party not reported
Jackson	2,142	1,418	724	3,066	Party not reported
Chippewa	2,066	1,347	719	2,930	Party not reported
Rock	2,054	1,576	478	3,141	Party not reported
Watonwan	2,019	1,541	478	3,199	Party not reported
Swift	1,966	1,599	367	2,668	Party not reported
Dodge	1,915	384	1,531	2,088	Party not reported
Yellow Medicine	1,908	1,566	342	2,747	Party not reported
Lac Qui Parle	1,801	1,513	288	2,590	Party not reported
Murray	1,739	1,525	214	2,332	Party not reported
Norman	1,739	1,590	149	2,881	Party not reported
Lake	1,676	732	944	2,037	Party not reported
Pennington	1,588	848	740	2,119	Party not reported
Waseca	1,585	501	1,084	1,852	Party not reported
Lake Of The Woods	1,530	1,415	115	2,330	Party not reported
Big Stone	1,497	1,336	161	2,039	Party not reported
Houston	1,461	543	918	1,678	Party not reported
Kittson	1,438	1,349	89	2,137	Party not reported
Wilkin	1,378	1,159	219	2,314	Party not reported
Kanabec	1,329	328	1,001	1,462	Party not reported
Todd	1,300	430	870	1,452	Party not reported
Red Lake	1,288	1,222	66	1,753	Party not reported
Faribault	1,261	744	517	1,658	Party not reported
Wadena	1,260	521	739	1,600	Party not reported
Mahnomen	1,249	981	268	2,074	Party not reported
Redwood	1,167	288	879	1,315	Party not reported
Renville	1,030	453	577	1,397	Party not reported
Traverse	890	750	140	1,133	Party not reported
Clearwater	847	411	436	1,163	Party not reported
Cottonwood	736	253	483	835	Party not reported
Lincoln	413	211	202	514	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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