Colorado early voting results 2026
State file of Oct 25 · Colorado Secretary of State, daily ballot-return workbooks ↗ · newest count via civicAPI ↗
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Newest count from civicAPI, Oct 26 Colorado's own file runs through Oct 25. civicAPI, which compiles counts from state and county election offices, had a newer one, shown as the last day; the state's own file takes over again once it catches up.
Where it stands
- 2026Oct 26 · day 25982,522D+7.9
- 2022Oct 31, 2022 · same days before Election Day742,9352026: +32%D+3.8
- 2024Oct 28, 2024 · same days before Election Day1,271,1572026: −23%D+2.3
- 2022 finalall early ballots, Nov 8, 20222,444,585D+2.2
Dem 317,344 +29%Rep 240,043 +11%Unaff. 425,135 +52%changes against the same point of 2022
Colorado's counts were recorded here from Oct 19, day 18 of voting. The chart starts once 7 days can be set beside 2022 or 2024; 6 so far.
Against whole elections
So far, Colorado’s early ballots equal 39% of all votes cast for U.S. Senate in 2022 and 31% of all votes cast for President in 2024.
- 2026 so farearly ballots returned982,522
- 2022 all votescast for U.S. Senate2,500,201
| Year | Early ballots, final | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | D+2.2 | D+14.6 U.S. Senate |
| 2024 | D+1.8 | D+11.0 President |
Registration is not a vote, and the result also counts every ballot cast on Election Day. Results: Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections 2022; Federal Election Commission, Official 2024 Presidential General Election Results.
Ballots added each day, last 7 days
362K this year against 476K on the same days before Election Day of 2022 · −24%
- 76K99KDay 19
- 76K89KDay 20
- 69K82KDay 21
- 140K205KDay 25
Where the ballots are through Oct 25
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Last column: this year's ballots as a share of the county's whole 2022 early vote.
- El Paso107,072R+9.137%
- Jefferson97,779D+13.632%
- Arapahoe82,766D+14.532%
- Denver74,781D+42.326%
- Douglas72,802R+8.838%
- Larimer65,589D+11.444%
- Boulder58,549D+38.335%
- Adams50,600D+14.737%
- Weld39,953R+10.834%
- Mesa28,010R+17.838%
Mail or in person
Mail 975,374 99.3%In person 7,148 0.7%
In-person early voting: Oct 19 to Nov 3. Colorado mails every voter a ballot; voter service centers open for in-person voting from Oct 19.
Known
- 982,522 ballots returnedthrough Oct 26
- Each ballot's party registration
- Mail or in person
- On 6 daysthe state's page as read each day since Oct 19; the newest, Oct 26, from civicAPI
- By 64 counties
- Voters' age and gender
- Against the same point of 2022
Not known
- How anyone votedballots stay sealed until they are counted
- How unaffiliated voters lean425,135, 43% of ballots
- Election Day turnout
- Mail ballots still outrequested or sent and not yet returned; not read from the state's file yet
- Ballots reported after Oct 27
Who has voted
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Age
- 18-243.7%5.9%
- 25-347%13.5%
- 35-4410.8%16.4%
- 45-5412%16.2%
- 55-6417.3%18.6%
- 65-7426.1%18%
- 75+23.1%11.4%
Gender
- Men48.2%
- Women51.7%
- X0.2%
How Colorado is counted and compared
Mail ballots went out 10 days later in 2022 (22 days before that election, against 32 this year), so 2022 had had less time by this point.
Mail ballots went out 7 days later in 2024 (25 days before that election, against 32 this year), so 2024 had had less time by this point.
- 2022 is read at the same number of days before the election. Colorado mails every voter a ballot, and most come back in the last days before the election whenever they were mailed. This year clerks began mailing 32 days before the election, against 22 in 2022 and 25 in 2024, so lining up the first day of voting read this year's count ten days out against 2022's final count (−66%, 2026-10-25). The years are read at the same number of days before the election instead.
- 2024 is read at the same number of days before the election. Colorado mails every voter a ballot, and most come back in the last days before the election whenever they were mailed. This year clerks began mailing 32 days before the election, against 22 in 2022 and 25 in 2024, so lining up the first day of voting read this year's count ten days out against 2022's final count (−66%, 2026-10-25). The years are read at the same number of days before the election instead.
- Counts every ballot returned to a county clerk (mail, drop box or in person), as published in the Secretary of State's daily ElectionActivity workbook; returns are not yet checked for signature acceptance.
- Each row is a published snapshot dated by the day its data runs through (as of 11:59 PM); days without a release (weekends, mostly) are gaps, not carried forward.
- Colorado mails every active voter a ballot, so mail returns dominate and in-person voting is concentrated on the last days.
- U is unaffiliated plus every minor party (Libertarian, Green, American Constitution, Approval Voting, Center, Forward, No Labels, Unity).
- Age uses Colorado's bands (18-24 ... 75+); pre-registrants under 18 are counted as 18-24. Gender X is the state's non-binary marker.
- County clerks mailed ballots October 2-9, 2026; voter service and polling centers open by October 19.
- 2024: Counts every ballot returned to a county clerk (mail, drop box or in person), as published in the Secretary of State's daily ElectionActivity workbook; returns are not yet checked for signature acceptance.
- 2024: Each row is a published snapshot dated by the day its data runs through (as of 11:59 PM); days without a release (weekends, mostly) are gaps, not carried forward.
- 2024: Colorado mails every active voter a ballot, so mail returns dominate and in-person voting is concentrated on the last days.
- 2024: U is unaffiliated plus every minor party (Libertarian, Green, American Constitution, Approval Voting, Center, Forward, No Labels, Unity).
- 2024: Age uses Colorado's bands (18-24 ... 75+); pre-registrants under 18 are counted as 18-24. Gender X is the state's non-binary marker.
- 2024: Daily releases began October 23, 2024 (data through October 22, 14 days out); there is no published count earlier in the window.
- 2024: There is no count through November 4, 2024: the release that morning ran through November 3, and the next was 9 AM on Election Day (superseded by that day's 11:59 PM count).
- 2024: The series ends with the 11:59 PM Election Day count; later releases add ballots processed after Election Day and are left out.
- 2022: Counts every ballot returned to a county clerk (mail, drop box or in person), as published in the Secretary of State's daily ElectionActivity workbook; returns are not yet checked for signature acceptance.
- 2022: Each row is a published snapshot dated by the day its data runs through (as of 11:59 PM); days without a release (weekends, mostly) are gaps, not carried forward.
- 2022: Colorado mails every active voter a ballot, so mail returns dominate and in-person voting is concentrated on the last days.
- 2022: U is unaffiliated plus every minor party (Libertarian, Green, American Constitution, Approval Voting, Center, Forward, No Labels, Unity).
- 2022: Age uses Colorado's bands (18-24 ... 75+); pre-registrants under 18 are counted as 18-24. Gender X is the state's non-binary marker.
- 2022: Daily releases began October 25, 2022 (data through October 24, 15 days out); there is no published count earlier in the window.
- 2022: The series ends with the 11:59 PM Election Day count; later releases add ballots processed after Election Day and are left out.
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