Updated 2026-10-31 17:37 from the
Kentucky State Board of Elections daily absentee file.
Early Vote Tracker
Official KY SBE daily absentee + early-vote totals, by county
No early-vote numbers yet
The State Board of Elections hasn't posted this cycle's first file. Check back soon.
Mail apps requested · D
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Mail apps requested · R
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Ballots sent
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Mail return rate
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D ballots banked
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R ballots banked
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Banked margin
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New since prior day
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Statewide margin vs. same point in 2024, 2023 and 2022
2026 margin
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2024, same point
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2026 vs 2024
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2024 final
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No-excuse in-person early voting, by day
Ballots cast each day of no-excuse in-person voting (Thursday to Saturday before Election Day),
by party registration. Margin is D minus R, as a share of that day's in-person ballots including other/unaffiliated.
Mail and excused in-person absentee are not included.
| Cycle | Day 1 (Thu) | Day 2 (Fri) | Day 3 (Sat) | Three-day total |
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| 2026 | 135,901 D +5,373 (D +4.0%) 66,166 D / 60,793 R | 131,341 D +246 (D +0.2%) 61,278 D / 61,032 R | not posted yet | 267,242 D +5,619 (D +2.1%) 127,444 D / 121,825 R (so far) |
| 2023 (Governor) | 84,643 D +9,567 (D +11.3%) 44,909 D / 35,342 R | 93,582 D +4,660 (D +5.0%) 46,536 D / 41,876 R | 82,099 D +6,544 (D +8.0%) 41,724 D / 35,180 R | 260,324 D +20,771 (D +8.0%) 133,169 D / 112,398 R |
| 2022 (Senate, midterm) | 81,961 R +1,709 (R +2.1%) 37,640 D / 39,349 R (SOS) | no 2022 daily file (Fri + Sat combined →) | 171,057 R +1,995 (R +1.2%) 79,936 D / 81,931 R (Fri + Sat combined) | 253,018 R +3,704 (R +1.5%) 117,576 D / 121,280 R |
| 2024 (President) | 225,696 R +31,299 (R +13.9%) 89,782 D / 121,081 R | 229,944 R +27,003 (R +11.7%) 93,469 D / 120,472 R | 200,637 R +22,637 (R +11.3%) 81,190 D / 103,827 R | 656,277 R +80,939 (R +12.3%) 264,441 D / 345,380 R |
2022 day 1 is from the Secretary of State (Oct 30, 2026 post); the SBE no longer hosts 2022's daily files,
only one re-saved on Election Day with the three-day total, so Friday and Saturday are shown combined under Saturday.
The SOS's 2023 and 2026 day-1 figures match the SBE files here exactly. 2024 files posted a day late, so each
day comes from the next day's file.
Early-vote turnout rate vs. past cycles
2026 so far
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2024, same point
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2023, same point
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2022 final turnout
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Early vote by county: margin change and share of the early vote
Who's voting: Traditional, Tier 2 and Ancestral Dems vs Republicans
Traditional share of D
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Tier 2 + Ancestral share of D
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2023, same point
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2024, same point
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| Cycle | Point | Traditional D | Tier 2 D | Ancestral D | Republican | Other | Traditional share of D | D - R margin | Ballots |
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Statewide totals by day
Cumulative early ballots on file, D vs R, one point per SBE snapshot.
County breakdown
D and R ballots banked per county. Counties with the most raw volume carry the most weight in the statewide number, but sorting by margin shows where the D share is strongest.
All counties
Click any column header to sort. Mail and in-person are the two paths into the same total: in-person covers both excused and no-excuse early voting.
| County | Tier | Apps D | Apps R | Sent | Mail returned | In person | Banked D | Banked R | Banked margin | D share | Total banked | New |
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Early vote change since 2024, 2023 and 2022
| Name | District | Tier | 2026 ballots | Share of state | 2026 margin | vs 2024 | vs 2023 | vs 2022 final |
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Vote method and early vote by district
Redrawn every update from the latest State Board of Elections file.
