Ohio early vote

1,595,206 early ballots cast, current to Oct 31

Every report so far

7 reports from Ohio Secretary of State, Oct 16 to Oct 31.

+205,261 since the Oct 29 report (2 days).

Early in person +149,575 · Mail returned +55,686

Oct 16: 452,210Oct 19: 574,488Oct 21: 764,296Oct 22: 838,575Oct 27: 1,190,461Oct 29: 1,389,945Oct 31: 1,595,2061,595,206Oct 16Oct 31

Each change is since Ohio's previous report, which may cover more than one day. Days without a report are left out, not filled in.

All early ballots in Ohio, by report, newest first, with the change since the previous report
ReportTotal so farChange
Oct 31by handnote 1, 31,595,206+205,261since Oct 29, 2 days
Oct 29by handnote 1, 21,389,945+199,484since Oct 27, 2 days
Oct 27by handnote 11,190,461+351,886since Oct 22, 5 days
Oct 22by handnote 1838,575+74,279since Oct 21, 1 day
Oct 21by handnote 1764,296+189,808since Oct 19, 2 days
  1. Note 1: Ohio's dashboard reports early in-person ballots as 'issued and returned'. The mail ballots requested figure is the dashboard's 'Ballots Issued' (mail ballots sent).
  2. Note 2: Read from the Secretary of State's statewide summary dashboard, data last updated October 29, 2026.
  3. Note 3: Read from the Ohio Secretary of State statewide summary dashboard, data last updated October 31, 2026. All ballots issued 1,726,281 and returned 1,595,206. Mail ballots issued (737,307) are slightly lower than the October 29 reading (737,620), as the dashboard reports them.

Source: Ohio Secretary of State (opens in a new tab), retrieved October 31, 2026, 6:26 p.m. ET. Entered by hand from the official page and checked by a second person.

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About these numbers

These are the early vote counts published by the Ohio Secretary of State. GovGalaxy shows the state's own figures. We don't estimate, adjust, or project them.

What's counted. Early in-person ballots, mail ballots returned and mail ballots requested, as Ohio defines them. Early in-person ballots and absentee ballots returned by mail, as reported by Ohio's 88 county boards of elections. Mail ballots requested aren't reported.

Dates. Numbers are current to October 31, 2026, as reported by the state. Mail and early in-person voting began October 6. Early in-person voting ends November 1. County boards report daily and may lag. We check for updates twice a day. States update on their own schedules and sometimes revise earlier numbers.

Ballots, not votes. These numbers show how many ballots have been cast or returned. They don't show who anyone voted for, and they aren't results.

Party registration. Ohio doesn't register voters by party. Ohio doesn't report early voters by party, so we don't show party. Party splits for Ohio that appear elsewhere are estimates, not official numbers.

Comparing states. States count and report early voting differently and on different days, so their totals aren't directly comparable.

Source: Ohio Secretary of State (opens in a new tab), retrieved October 31, 2026, 6:26 p.m. ET. Entered by hand from the official page and checked by a second person.

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