District of Columbia early voting
77,480
early ballots cast in District of Columbia
As of Oct 29
- In-person early votes
- 12,901
- Mail ballots returned
- 64,579
Source: DC Board of Elections, 2026 General Election ballots received (drop box, USPS, early vote centers). electionwrld.com/early-vote/DC
Day by day, saved since Oct 29
We started saving counts on Oct 29. 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 29 | 77,480 | +8,981 | CSV |
| Oct 28 | 68,499 | First report | CSV |
Pace compared with 2024
We have not built a same-day 2024 comparison for District of Columbia yet.
Statewide figures only
DC is one jurisdiction. The Board reports by ward and by early vote center, and we don't have those breakdowns.
Download and share
CSV for this report
The statewide row and one row per area. Free to use with credit; source in every row.
A link that does not change
This page for Oct 29 freezes once the office posts its next report.
Source and notes
DC Board of Elections, 2026 General Election ballots received (drop box, USPS, early vote centers)
Mail ballots returned (drop box plus USPS) and ballots cast at early vote centers, from the Board's three daily ballot-received reports. Updated Oct 29; retrieved Oct 30, 7:29 PM ET.
- DC reports three separate counts, each through 10/29: ballots received at drop boxes (reported by ward, from 10/13), ballots received by USPS (from 10/08, no ward breakdown), and ballots cast at early vote centers (from 10/26). Early vote centers are open 10/26 to 11/1.
- Mail ballots returned is the drop box count (32,998) plus the USPS count (31,581), added by us. The Board does not publish a single mail total or a count of mail ballots requested.
- DC is one jurisdiction, so there are no county figures. The Board publishes drop box counts by ward and early vote center counts by site; those are not loaded here.
- DC does not publish these counts by party registration.
- Source files: drop box https://dcboe.org/getContentAsset/8a932890-e4b4-49e4-bd22-a3dc0722e341/5ebbd046-860b-4ee1-81c8-43d0e3bc446e/2026-General-Ballots-by-DB-10132026.pdf?language=en ; USPS https://dcboe.org/getContentAsset/07b78cb5-fb0f-48f8-bdf6-5c8313de3aae/5ebbd046-860b-4ee1-81c8-43d0e3bc446e/2026-General-Ballots-by-USPS-10082026.pdf?language=en ; early vote centers https://dcboe.org/getContentAsset/727bdd57-e33d-4d84-ad40-31ca2bbd6603/5ebbd046-860b-4ee1-81c8-43d0e3bc446e/2026-General-Ballots-by-EVC-10262026.pdf?language=en