California

Source data as of Oct 18, 2026, 2:59 AM ET · California Secretary of State, VBM ballot statistics (data file)

Ballots cast: 1,399,377
Change: from next day’s update
Mail returned: 1,399,377
In person early: 0
Share of 2022 final early vote: 27.4%
Share of 2024 final early vote: 17.4%
Days to Election Day: 16

Ballots cast so far, by days before Election Day

Cumulative. UF Election Lab snapshots (state totals as reported by UF on each date). More points appear as updates accumulate.

2026 so far vs. past cycles

Past bars are final pre-election totals.

Mail vs. in person

Mail 100.0% 1,399,377
In person 0.0% 0

Sum of 'Total Returned VBM Ballots' across the 58 counties in the SOS report. The report covers mail ballots only; in-person early voting at vote centers (from Oct 24) is not in it.

Sources and method

Sum of 'Total Returned VBM Ballots' across the 58 counties in the SOS report. The report covers mail ballots only; in-person early voting at vote centers (from Oct 24) is not in it.

For cross-checking: UF Election Lab reports 1,391,278 as of Oct 18, 2026.

2022 final early vote: 5,115,505 (source)
2024 final early vote: 8,058,584 (source)

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