California early voting, as of Oct 28
This is the report the office published as of Oct 28, saved on Oct 30, 2:02 AM ET. It does not change. See the latest count.
4,643,370
early ballots cast in California
As of Oct 28
- In-person early votes
- 97,522
- Mail ballots returned
- 4,545,848
- Mail ballots accepted
- 4,501,163
- Under 5.1K
- 5.1K to 15K
- 15K to 40K
- 40K to 96K
- 96K or more
- No count
Source: California Secretary of State, Ballot Return Statistics. electionwrld.com/early-vote/CA/2026-10-28
Day by day, saved since Oct 29
We started saving counts on Oct 29. Only one report is saved for California so far. Each date is the one the office gives, so a first report can be dated a day before we saved it. Nothing earlier is filled in.
| Report date | Early ballots | Added | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28 | 4,643,370 | First report | CSV |
58 counties
| Los AngelesMail 884,495In person 42,180 | 926,675 |
|---|---|
| San DiegoMail 515,370In person 5,615 | 520,985 |
| OrangeMail 417,201In person 15,001 | 432,202 |
| RiversideMail 279,808In person 3,482 | 283,290 |
| Santa ClaraMail 209,494In person 4,273 | 213,767 |
| San BernardinoMail 204,323In person 0 | 204,323 |
| SacramentoMail 196,960In person 1,646 | 198,606 |
| AlamedaMail 190,004In person 1,822 | 191,826 |
| Contra CostaMail 168,657In person 335 | 168,992 |
| VenturaMail 110,250In person 2,522 | 112,772 |
| San MateoMail 102,693In person 1,801 | 104,494 |
| San FranciscoMail 95,944In person 119 | 96,063 |
| FresnoMail 87,356In person 2,393 | 89,749 |
| SonomaMail 88,164In person 931 | 89,095 |
| KernMail 83,740In person 249 | 83,989 |
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Source and notes
California Secretary of State, Ballot Return Statistics
Vote-by-mail ballots returned and accepted, plus ballots cast in person, as reported by the 58 counties to VoteCal. Total is the Secretary of State's TOTAL BALLOTS CAST column. Updated Oct 28; retrieved Oct 30, 2:02 AM ET.
- The Secretary of State does not publish party registration for returned ballots in this report, so no party figures are shown.
- California mails a ballot to every registered voter, so the state reports ballots issued, not requested, and the mail-requested figure is left out. The report shows 23,450,869 distinct voters issued a vote-by-mail ballot; the count includes voters who have since moved, been made inactive or canceled, so it can exceed a county's registration.
- Mail ballots returned excludes ballots returned as undeliverable, for deceased voters or canceled by the county. Mail ballots accepted is the smaller count the counties have verified so far.
- Total early ballots is the report's TOTAL BALLOTS CAST column. The report's field definition calls it ballots accepted, but in the file it equals mail ballots returned plus in-person ballots cast, so it can exceed mail accepted plus in person.
- In-person means ballots cast at vote centers or polling places and election offices before Election Day, including regular, provisional and conditional ballots. Counties report to VoteCal at different paces.
- The workbook's as-of time is end of day (11:59 PM Pacific) on the file's date.