Early voting in Colorado

Ballots returned by mail and cast in person in Colorado, as the state reports them. Who is running in Colorado →

Early vote in Colorado

Ballots cast so far1,859,900as of Nov 2

Democratic 30.3%Republican 24.5%Other or unaffiliated 45.2%

Democratic registrants aheadD +5.8

Among the 1,859,900 ballots whose voter’s party is known. This is who is registered with each party, not how anyone voted.

Mail ballots returned: 1,820,924
In-person early votes: 38,976
Mail ballots requested: 4,054,503

Counts as of November 2, 2026, from civicAPI (opens in a new tab), which collects them from state election offices. Party is the voter’s registration, never how they voted, and many states report none.

What the state reportsAs of Nov 2, 2026

Count	Ballots	As of	Lean
Mail ballots returned	1,820,924	Nov 2	D +5.8
In-person early votes	38,976	Nov 2	D +3.6
Mail ballots requested	4,054,503	Nov 2	D +2.9

Mail ballots requested are not votes. Ballots cast is mail ballots returned plus in-person early votes. A category the state does not collect is shown as not reported, not as zero.

Day by dayDays before election day

Point to read a day. Drag across the chart to see a period’s change.

Latest: 1 day out

civicAPI keeps no earlier election's early vote for Colorado.

The numbers behind the chart

Day	Cast	Mail returned	In person	Mail requested
Nov 2, 2026	1,859,900	1,820,924	38,976	4,054,503
Nov 1, 2026	1,591,323	1,567,668	23,655	4,128,119
Oct 31, 2026	1,525,971	1,502,425	23,546	4,062,876
Oct 30, 2026	1,439,435	1,420,314	19,121	4,063,669
Oct 29, 2026	1,319,994	1,306,569	13,425	4,054,527
Oct 28, 2026	1,220,842	1,209,788	11,054	4,064,271
Oct 27, 2026	982,530	975,382	7,148	3,943,177
Oct 26, 2026	982,522	975,374	7,148	4,050,945
Oct 24, 2026	824,754	819,524	5,230	4,045,838
Oct 23, 2026	794,497	789,459	5,038	4,115,819
Oct 22, 2026	726,213	722,284	3,929	4,048,644
Oct 21, 2026	657,781	654,809	2,972	4,045,707
Oct 20, 2026	581,822	579,729	2,093	4,042,853
Oct 19, 2026	506,217	505,011	1,206	4,043,982
Oct 17, 2026	369,179	369,089	90	4,032,778
Oct 16, 2026	358,048	357,958	90	4,034,063
Oct 15, 2026	290,768	290,678	90	4,035,841
Oct 14, 2026	253,633	253,588	45	4,028,462
Oct 13, 2026	190,691	190,646	45	4,037,476
Oct 12, 2026	131,176	131,131	45	4,021,709
Oct 10, 2026	63,863	63,844	19	4,026,515
Oct 9, 2026	63,776	63,757	19	4,030,145
Oct 8, 2026	29,529	29,510	19	4,020,244
Oct 7, 2026	18,295	18,281	14	4,018,808
Oct 6, 2026	6,573	6,565	8	4,014,213
Oct 5, 2026	4,861	4,853	8	4,012,833
Oct 2, 2026	4,014	4,012	2	4,001,514
Oct 1, 2026	3,539	3,537	2	3,998,505
Sep 30, 2026	3,258	3,256	2	3,998,800
Sep 29, 2026	2,906	2,904	2	3,992,813

Who has votedAs the state reports them

Age

Age	Mail ballots returned	In-person early votes	Mail ballots requested
Age 18 - 25	108,6776.0%	5,01513.7%	496,58812.3%
Age 26 - 40	310,67417.1%	11,70432.1%	1,120,27927.7%
Age 41 - 65	724,88239.9%	13,24736.3%	1,509,94837.4%
Age Over 65	673,92337.1%	6,51717.9%	913,03722.6%

Gender

Gender	Mail ballots returned	In-person early votes	Mail ballots requested
Female	949,98352.2%	17,73245.5%	2,038,91350.3%
Male	858,98647.2%	18,23046.8%	1,973,80148.7%
Undesignated	11,9550.7%	3,0147.7%	41,7891.0%

Percentages are of the ballots in that count whose voter has a value for it. Registration records are incomplete, so these sums can be a little under the totals above.

By county64 areas · most ballots first

D +12 or more
D +6 to 12
D +3 to 6
D +1 to 3
Even, within 1 point
R +1 to 3
R +3 to 6
R +6 to 12
R +12 or more
Party not reported
No count

County or area	Ballots cast	Mail returned	In person	Mail requested
El Paso	230,316	225,354	4,962	505,018
Jefferson	219,089	215,092	3,997	430,730
Arapahoe	184,123	179,848	4,275	426,999
Denver	183,058	177,353	5,705	469,707
Douglas	150,948	148,880	2,068	290,273
Larimer	134,331	131,243	3,088	271,546
Adams	131,748	128,727	3,021	328,005
Boulder	121,566	119,103	2,463	231,590
Weld	95,076	92,872	2,204	239,050
Mesa	56,714	55,613	1,101	115,335
Pueblo	49,642	48,763	879	115,388
Broomfield	28,357	27,801	556	57,208
La Plata	22,692	22,278	414	43,973
Garfield	18,165	17,890	275	39,222
Montrose	17,013	16,694	319	31,704
Eagle	16,486	16,132	354	35,341
Fremont	13,826	13,575	251	31,848
Delta	12,386	12,246	140	24,024
Elbert	12,330	12,139	191	24,668
Routt	9,915	9,749	166	19,828
Teller	9,794	9,540	254	19,480
Summit	9,750	9,571	179	21,006
Chaffee	9,634	9,506	128	17,191
Montezuma	8,931	8,812	119	20,041
Morgan	7,026	6,900	126	18,596
Park	6,728	6,609	119	14,761
Pitkin	6,423	6,264	159	13,439
Grand	6,321	6,224	97	12,380
Gunnison	6,302	6,237	65	12,788
Logan	6,049	6,005	44	12,172
Archuleta	5,665	5,583	82	11,733
Las Animas	5,360	5,245	115	10,485
Otero	5,191	5,157	34	12,285
Alamosa	4,382	4,340	42	10,337
Moffat	3,621	3,498	123	9,000
Clear Creek	3,607	3,534	73	7,371
Rio Grande	3,141	3,080	61	8,247
Huerfano	3,036	2,995	41	5,592
Prowers	2,974	2,950	24	7,025
San Miguel	2,907	2,825	82	5,932
Yuma	2,785	2,741	44	5,864
Ouray	2,738	2,709	29	4,660
Conejos	2,598	2,573	25	5,348
Custer	2,454	2,387	67	4,576
Gilpin	2,413	2,344	69	4,880
Lake	2,293	2,152	141	5,303
Saguache	2,106	2,082	24	4,687
Kit Carson	1,970	1,938	32	4,662
Rio Blanco	1,869	1,860	9	4,480
Washington	1,730	1,718	12	3,292
Costilla	1,429	1,403	26	3,059
Lincoln	1,400	1,381	19	3,064
Phillips	1,330	1,325	5	2,840
Bent	1,238	1,220	18	2,909
Baca	1,182	1,154	28	2,551
Dolores	987	987	n/r	1,733
Crowley	957	950	7	2,175
Sedgwick	788	776	12	1,681
Cheyenne	653	648	5	1,252
Kiowa	545	544	1	979
Jackson	472	472	n/r	934
Mineral	462	462	n/r	836
San Juan	457	450	7	746
Hinsdale	421	421	n/r	674

County counts are the newest the state has published and can be a day or more older than the state total above. Some states report by town or another area instead of by county.

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