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Early voting in West Virginia

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

Early vote in West Virginia

Ballots cast so far114,391as of Oct 29

Democratic 39.0%Republican 40.8%Other or unaffiliated 20.2%

Republican registrants aheadR +1.7

Among the 114,391 ballots whose voter’s party is known. This is who is registered with each party, not how anyone voted.

Mail ballots returned: 4,489
In-person early votes: 109,902
Mail ballots requested: 9,584

Counts as of October 29, 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 29, 2026

Count	Ballots	As of	Lean
Mail ballots returned	4,489	Oct 29	D +19.3
In-person early votes	109,902	Oct 29	R +2.6
Mail ballots requested	9,584	Oct 29	D +15.2

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: 5 days out

civicAPI keeps no earlier election's early vote for West Virginia.

The numbers behind the chart

Day	Cast	Mail returned	In person	Mail requested
Oct 29, 2026	114,391	4,489	109,902	9,584
Oct 26, 2026	62,366	n/r	62,366	n/r
Oct 22, 2026	16,922	n/r	16,922	n/r

By county55 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
Kanawha	12,824	471	12,353	1,096
Berkeley	9,544	268	9,276	629
Monongalia	9,385	235	9,150	513
Cabell	6,564	257	6,307	550
Wood	6,338	189	6,149	451
Jefferson	5,505	256	5,249	467
Putnam	4,209	101	4,108	233
Harrison	4,076	244	3,832	484
Marion	3,956	198	3,758	371
Mercer	3,253	191	3,062	353
Raleigh	2,767	172	2,595	376
Ohio	2,565	161	2,404	343
Greenbrier	2,442	76	2,366	171
Fayette	2,406	127	2,279	262
Randolph	2,405	95	2,310	158
Jackson	2,199	35	2,164	109
Wayne	1,902	67	1,835	176
Marshall	1,901	49	1,852	134
Preston	1,763	77	1,686	157
Upshur	1,602	53	1,549	115
Mason	1,512	50	1,462	120
Morgan	1,509	52	1,457	101
Hampshire	1,465	57	1,408	103
Nicholas	1,293	82	1,211	140
Hancock	1,278	142	1,136	231
Taylor	1,220	54	1,166	90
Mineral	1,083	8	1,075	36
Brooke	1,057	67	990	133
Monroe	995	40	955	82
Summers	963	34	929	96
Logan	881	30	851	78
Lewis	831	41	790	78
Hardy	828	35	793	70
Braxton	820	29	791	48
Roane	791	22	769	64
Wyoming	789	23	766	53
Lincoln	787	29	758	62
Wetzel	762	28	734	61
Boone	748	41	707	103
Barbour	713	42	671	94
Ritchie	650	13	637	28
Tucker	643	49	594	85
Mingo	518	22	496	49
Grant	517	17	500	40
Pendleton	482	43	439	80
Clay	473	6	467	24
Wirt	461	6	455	15
Pocahontas	460	25	435	53
Pleasants	459	12	447	36
Webster	358	4	354	19
Calhoun	354	1	353	19
Tyler	310	16	294	42
Gilmer	277	7	270	26
McDowell	263	25	238	53
Doddridge	235	15	220	24

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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