{
 "code": "CA",
 "name": "California",
 "fetched_at": "2026-10-18T21:06:06-04:00",
 "status": "ok",
 "primary": "official",
 "source": {
  "name": "California Secretary of State, VBM ballot statistics",
  "url": "https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2026-general/bsr-statistics-10-17-2026.xlsx",
  "page": "https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/general-election-november-3-2026"
 },
 "as_of": "2026-10-18T02:59-04:00",
 "total": 1399377,
 "mail": 1399377,
 "inperson": 0,
 "requested": 23400899,
 "party": null,
 "series": [
  [
   "2026-10-07",
   27,
   15948
  ],
  [
   "2026-10-14",
   20,
   633759
  ],
  [
   "2026-10-17",
   17,
   1313465
  ],
  [
   "2026-10-18",
   16,
   1391278
  ]
 ],
 "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.",
 "series_source": "UF Election Lab snapshots (state totals as reported by UF on each date)",
 "uf": {
  "as_of": "2026-10-18",
  "total": 1391278,
  "mail": 1391278,
  "inperson": 0,
  "party": {
   "dem": 582056,
   "rep": 362517,
   "other": 252581
  },
  "requested": 23400899,
  "file_time": "2026-10-18T16:59:37-04:00",
  "original_source": "https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/general-election-november-3-2026",
  "notes": "Some statistics provided by [PDI](https://politicaldata.com/). The higher value provided by the California Secretary of State or PDI is used where reporting differences exist."
 },
 "age": null,
 "gender": null,
 "compare": {
  "2022": {
   "final_total": 5115505,
   "final_mail": 5115505,
   "final_inperson": 0,
   "source": "https://rpubs.com/ElectProject/CA_early_vote_2022",
   "pct_of_final": 27.4
  },
  "2024": {
   "final_total": 8058584,
   "final_mail": 8280096,
   "final_inperson": 857153,
   "source": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/data-downloads/earlyvote/2024/US.csv",
   "pct_of_final": 17.4
  }
 },
 "turnout_2022_total": 11146610,
 "days_out": 16,
 "change": null
}