Florida Early Voting Results 2026: 4.96 Million Ballots Are Back, and Palm Beach County Ranks Third in the State
Through Saturday, 4,956,134 Florida ballots had been returned - 9 percent more than at the same point in 2022 - and Palm Beach County's 322,578 ballots trail only Miami-Dade and Broward, with one day of early voting left.
Florida voters have already returned 4,956,134 ballots for the Nov. 3 general election, according to the newest statewide count compiled through Saturday, Oct. 31 - 229,641 ballots added on the day and a total running 9 percent ahead of the same point in the 2022 cycle.
By party registration, registered Democrats have cast 1,873,536 of those ballots, up 13 percent from the same point in 2022; registered Republicans have cast 2,016,179, up 1 percent; and unaffiliated and minor-party voters have cast 1,066,419, up 19 percent. Most ballots have been cast in person - 3,073,545, or 62 percent - against 1,882,589 returned by mail. The figures describe the registration of the voters who cast ballots, not how anyone voted; ballots stay sealed until they are counted.
In the county table through Oct. 30, Palm Beach County ranks third in Florida with 322,578 ballots returned, behind Miami-Dade County's 447,511 and Broward County's 376,023, and ahead of Hillsborough County's 299,923. Registered Democrats hold a 15.5-point registration edge among Palm Beach County's early voters in the compiled file. Statewide, the early ballots already cast equal 64 percent of all votes cast for U.S. Senate in Florida in 2022.
One day of early voting remains in Palm Beach County: all 28 early-voting sites are open Sunday, Nov. 1, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and registered county voters may use any site. After Sunday, the only way to vote in person is at an assigned precinct on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3.
