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Early voting in South Carolina

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

Early vote in South Carolina

Ballots cast so far989,324as of Nov 2

Registration leanNo lean shown

South Carolina does not report the party of early voters, so there is nothing to compare.

Mail ballots returned: 40,732
In-person early votes: 948,592
Mail ballots requested: 57,098

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	Party registration	Lean
Mail ballots returned	40,732	Nov 2	Party not reported	None
In-person early votes	948,592	Oct 30	Party not reported	None
Mail ballots requested	57,098	Nov 2	Party not reported	None

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

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Latest: 1 day out

civicAPI keeps no earlier election's early vote for South Carolina.

The numbers behind the chart

Day	Cast	Mail returned	In person	Mail requested
Nov 2, 2026	989,324	40,732	948,592	57,098
Oct 31, 2026	986,460	37,868	948,592	56,986
Oct 30, 2026	986,460	37,868	948,592	56,986
Oct 29, 2026	874,552	36,132	838,420	56,910
Oct 28, 2026	705,437	34,123	671,314	56,877
Oct 27, 2026	395,267	31,701	363,566	56,807
Oct 23, 2026	389,672	26,106	363,566	56,413
Oct 22, 2026	363,566	n/r	363,566	n/r

Who has votedAs the state reports them

Race

Race	Mail ballots returned	Mail ballots requested
White	28,44770.4%	38,72668.5%
Black	11,14327.6%	16,40429.0%
Asian	3250.8%	5541.0%
Indian American/Alaska Native	510.1%	750.1%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	00.0%	00.0%
Two or More	00.0%	00.0%
Other	4621.1%	7931.4%
Undesignated	00.0%	00.0%

Ethnicity

Ethnicity	Mail ballots returned	Mail ballots requested
Not Hispanic/Latino	40,42899.3%	56,55299.0%
Hispanic/Latino	3040.7%	5461.0%
Undesignated	00.0%	00.0%

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 county46 areas · most ballots first

Under 3,625 ballots
3,625 to 5,678 ballots
5,679 to 14,001 ballots
14,002 to 35,591 ballots
35,592 or more ballots
No count

County or area	Ballots cast	Mail returned	In person	Mail requested	Party registration of ballots cast
Greenville	98,275	4,084	94,191	5,470	Party not reported
Charleston	94,129	4,885	89,244	7,313	Party not reported
Richland	86,966	3,669	83,297	5,072	Party not reported
Horry	83,620	3,401	80,219	4,645	Party not reported
York	57,009	2,076	54,933	2,676	Party not reported
Spartanburg	51,774	1,623	50,151	2,346	Party not reported
Lexington	49,691	2,042	47,649	2,736	Party not reported
Berkeley	47,046	1,994	45,052	3,164	Party not reported
Beaufort	44,956	2,174	42,782	3,385	Party not reported
Aiken	35,592	1,053	34,539	1,473	Party not reported
Dorchester	33,789	954	32,835	1,356	Party not reported
Anderson	28,298	1,184	27,114	1,583	Party not reported
Florence	24,301	470	23,831	774	Party not reported
Lancaster	23,097	520	22,577	680	Party not reported
Pickens	20,228	585	19,643	738	Party not reported
Sumter	19,026	1,220	17,806	1,649	Party not reported
Georgetown	17,488	681	16,807	967	Party not reported
Orangeburg	15,374	1,144	14,230	1,540	Party not reported
Oconee	14,002	808	13,194	965	Party not reported
Kershaw	13,136	390	12,746	506	Party not reported
Darlington	11,157	438	10,719	584	Party not reported
Greenwood	10,766	533	10,233	672	Party not reported
Jasper	8,722	421	8,301	554	Party not reported
Laurens	7,593	252	7,341	351	Party not reported
Clarendon	6,961	240	6,721	358	Party not reported
Cherokee	6,721	137	6,584	166	Party not reported
Colleton	6,662	233	6,429	320	Party not reported
Newberry	5,679	122	5,557	215	Party not reported
Marion	5,658	909	4,749	1,267	Party not reported
Williamsburg	5,650	163	5,487	225	Party not reported
Chester	5,218	187	5,031	289	Party not reported
Edgefield	5,015	213	4,802	267	Party not reported
Chesterfield	4,524	110	4,414	198	Party not reported
Fairfield	4,464	114	4,350	151	Party not reported
Barnwell	3,868	118	3,750	169	Party not reported
Abbeville	3,669	85	3,584	145	Party not reported
Union	3,625	83	3,542	111	Party not reported
Marlboro	3,474	252	3,222	400	Party not reported
McCormick	3,289	106	3,183	133	Party not reported
Hampton	3,286	253	3,033	339	Party not reported
Dillon	3,198	313	2,885	405	Party not reported
Lee	3,013	76	2,937	118	Party not reported
Calhoun	2,932	98	2,834	141	Party not reported
Saluda	2,534	43	2,491	71	Party not reported
Bamberg	2,335	242	2,093	326	Party not reported
Allendale	1,514	34	1,480	85	Party not reported

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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