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Early voting in Rhode Island

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

Early vote in Rhode Island

Ballots cast so far138,314as of Nov 2

Democratic 42.7%Republican 10.1%Other or unaffiliated 47.2%

Democratic registrants aheadD +32.6

Among the 138,314 ballots whose voter’s party is known. This is who is registered with each party, not how anyone voted.

Mail ballots returned: 26,268
In-person early votes: 112,046
Mail ballots requested: 33,667

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	Lean
Mail ballots returned	26,268	Nov 2	D +44.4
In-person early votes	112,046	Nov 2	D +29.8
Mail ballots requested	33,667	Nov 2	D +44.7

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 Rhode Island.

The numbers behind the chart

Day	Cast	Mail returned	In person	Mail requested
Nov 2, 2026	138,314	26,268	112,046	33,667
Oct 30, 2026	116,845	24,837	92,008	33,327
Oct 29, 2026	102,079	21,759	80,320	33,192
Oct 28, 2026	92,353	20,864	71,489	33,040
Oct 27, 2026	82,544	19,559	62,985	32,885
Oct 26, 2026	70,080	15,339	54,741	32,755
Oct 23, 2026	60,784	15,227	45,557	32,498
Oct 22, 2026	54,306	15,183	39,123	32,335
Oct 21, 2026	44,295	10,922	33,373	32,123
Oct 20, 2026	38,520	10,872	27,648	31,994
Oct 19, 2026	30,102	8,788	21,314	31,701
Oct 16, 2026	21,366	6,316	15,050	31,491
Oct 15, 2026	13,097	2,588	10,509	31,415
Oct 14, 2026	7,693	2,453	5,240	31,263
Oct 13, 2026	675	675	n/r	30,171
Oct 8, 2026	567	567	n/r	26,362
Oct 7, 2026	503	503	n/r	25,137
Oct 6, 2026	254	254	n/r	23,404
Oct 5, 2026	285	285	n/r	22,259
Oct 2, 2026	254	254	n/r	21,081
Oct 1, 2026	254	254	n/r	20,532

Who has votedAs the state reports them

Age

Age	Mail ballots returned	In-person early votes	Mail ballots requested
Age 18 - 25	1,1704.5%	2,7742.5%	1,9815.9%
Age 26 - 40	2,5769.8%	10,1539.1%	4,12812.3%
Age 41 - 65	6,50724.8%	38,36134.2%	8,65525.7%
Age Over 65	16,01561.0%	60,75854.2%	18,90356.1%

Percentages are of the ballots in that count whose voter has a value for it. Registration records are incomplete, so these sums can be a little under the totals above.

By county39 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

Not on the map, because they are not counties: Barrington, Burrillville, Central Falls, Charlestown, Coventry, Cranston, Cumberland, East Greenwich and 28 more. Their ballots are in the state total, and a county they overlap can read lower here than it is.

County or area	Ballots cast	Mail returned	In person	Mail requested
Warwick	10,617	2,675	7,942	3,268
Providence	10,315	3,279	7,036	5,297
Cranston	9,038	2,057	6,981	2,455
South Kingstown	7,375	873	6,502	1,093
East Providence	6,965	1,228	5,737	1,433
North Kingstown	5,898	874	5,024	1,154
Coventry	4,693	812	3,881	952
Westerly	4,679	847	3,832	1,061
Pawtucket	4,526	1,178	3,348	1,596
Portsmouth	4,104	576	3,528	714
Cumberland	3,921	933	2,988	1,062
Barrington	3,915	581	3,334	726
Bristol	3,861	731	3,130	830
Lincoln	3,733	485	3,248	567
North Providence	3,633	790	2,843	1,021
Johnston	3,546	765	2,781	911
Narragansett	3,546	566	2,980	663
Newport	3,379	592	2,787	793
Smithfield	3,273	640	2,633	868
West Warwick	3,122	677	2,445	839
Middletown	2,994	486	2,508	567
East Greenwich	2,914	540	2,374	651
Tiverton	2,624	360	2,264	480
Burrillville	2,372	413	1,959	466
Charlestown	2,324	254	2,070	291
North Smithfield	2,148	284	1,864	376
Woonsocket	2,053	594	1,459	775
Jamestown	2,005	195	1,810	239
Glocester	1,992	226	1,766	265
Warren	1,923	266	1,657	327
Richmond	1,811	196	1,615	274
Scituate	1,737	248	1,489	312
Hopkinton	1,656	182	1,474	216
Exeter	1,411	174	1,237	218
Little Compton	1,134	151	983	178
West Greenwich	1,093	117	976	142
Foster	835	78	757	93
Central Falls	731	323	408	463
New Shoreham	418	22	396	31

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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