US midterm early voting tops 41 million ahead of Nov 3
The gist
More than 41 million US voters had cast early ballots by Oct 29, over a third of 2022's total.
Turnout surges in Senate battlegrounds, but early numbers don't predict winners.
How it unfolded
- Oct 20, 2026Georgia had accepted more than a million early ballots, twice Tennessee's figure of under 500,000.
- Oct 24, 2026Georgia stood at 1,669,880 early voters and Tennessee at 815,354, with Tennessee reporting 16.97% turnout.
- Oct 26, 2026Georgia reached 1,794,141 early voters including absentee ballots, 23.8% turnout; Tennessee was up 51.89% on 2022 but down 15.76% on 2018.