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Early voting in South Dakota

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

Early vote in South Dakota

Ballots cast so far81,367as of Nov 2

Democratic 28.9%Republican 53.8%Other or unaffiliated 17.4%

Republican registrants aheadR +24.9

Among the 81,367 ballots whose voter’s party is known. This is who is registered with each party, not how anyone voted.

Mail ballots returned: 81,367
In-person early votes: Not reported
Mail ballots requested: 90,333

South Dakota does not report in-person early votes, so this total is a floor, not the whole early vote.

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	81,367	Nov 2	R +24.9
Mail ballots requested	90,333	Nov 2	R +25.0
In-person early votes	Not reported

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 Dakota.

The numbers behind the chart

Day	Cast	Mail returned	In person	Mail requested
Nov 2, 2026	81,367	81,367	n/r	90,333
Oct 31, 2026	73,618	73,618	n/r	83,036
Oct 30, 2026	73,571	73,571	n/r	82,999
Oct 29, 2026	66,534	66,534	n/r	76,162
Oct 28, 2026	61,052	61,052	n/r	70,869
Oct 27, 2026	55,763	55,763	n/r	65,674
Oct 16, 2026	49,438	49,438	n/r	54,689
Oct 9, 2026	20,105	20,105	n/r	26,921
Oct 2, 2026	11,164	11,164	n/r	18,269
Sep 25, 2026	5,134	5,134	n/r	12,625

By county66 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
Minnehaha	14,288	14,288	n/r	16,132
Pennington	11,757	11,757	n/r	13,935
Brown	5,220	5,220	n/r	5,512
Brookings	4,973	4,973	n/r	5,099
Lincoln	4,866	4,866	n/r	5,691
Lawrence	4,557	4,557	n/r	5,237
Codington	4,047	4,047	n/r	4,113
Yankton	3,559	3,559	n/r	3,673
Davison	2,661	2,661	n/r	2,737
Meade	2,583	2,583	n/r	2,882
Hughes	1,744	1,744	n/r	1,846
Custer	1,717	1,717	n/r	1,923
Clay	1,710	1,710	n/r	1,836
Lake	1,527	1,527	n/r	1,608
Union	1,392	1,392	n/r	1,496
Beadle	1,374	1,374	n/r	1,568
Fall River	1,178	1,178	n/r	1,256
Butte	841	841	n/r	895
Day	722	722	n/r	771
Grant	719	719	n/r	742
Moody	508	508	n/r	540
Hand	445	445	n/r	459
Turner	445	445	n/r	545
Roberts	422	422	n/r	469
Brule	415	415	n/r	442
Tripp	400	400	n/r	427
Spink	374	374	n/r	416
McCook	367	367	n/r	395
Kingsbury	362	362	n/r	384
Hutchinson	346	346	n/r	445
Marshall	328	328	n/r	352
Clark	314	314	n/r	336
Oglala Lakota	300	300	n/r	310
Stanley	298	298	n/r	339
Hamlin	286	286	n/r	322
Charles Mix	269	269	n/r	343
Deuel	241	241	n/r	254
Bon Homme	233	233	n/r	269
Gregory	201	201	n/r	220
Hanson	197	197	n/r	323
Miner	193	193	n/r	207
Bennett	181	181	n/r	186
Haakon	178	178	n/r	188
Douglas	177	177	n/r	203
Walworth	175	175	n/r	202
Todd	173	173	n/r	184
Edmunds	160	160	n/r	179
Faulk	159	159	n/r	176
Perkins	153	153	n/r	177
Potter	153	153	n/r	175
Sanborn	133	133	n/r	143
Aurora	121	121	n/r	137
Sully	118	118	n/r	133
Lyman	117	117	n/r	141
Jerauld	112	112	n/r	120
Dewey	110	110	n/r	117
Mellette	102	102	n/r	110
Hyde	101	101	n/r	106
McPherson	99	99	n/r	373
Harding	93	93	n/r	99
Jackson	84	84	n/r	88
Buffalo	72	72	n/r	76
Campbell	71	71	n/r	83
Jones	59	59	n/r	64
Corson	45	45	n/r	66
Ziebach	42	42	n/r	58

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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