Georgia set a midterm record for early voting this year, totaling over 2.8 million early votes. Key findings:
- 2,826,387 early ballots in 2026 vs. 2,538,680 in 2022: up 11.3 percent (287,707 more ballots)
- In-person early voting is up 18.1 percent, but mail-in ballots are down 51.1 percent (121,275 in 2026 as of Nov. 2 vs. 248,249 in 2022).
- 109 counties saw increases in early voting overall, while 50 saw decreases. Most of the decreases are in smaller rural counties in south and southwest Georgia, and Stewart is the steepest at around 18 percent. Conversely, the five main metro counties grew: Fulton by 10.7 percent, DeKalb by 12.3 percent, Gwinnett by 23.7 percent, Cobb by 14.6 percent, and Clayton by 16.1 percent.
- About 636,000 early voters (22.5 percent) didn’t vote in Georgia’s 2022 midterm elections. This group includes people who sat it out, plus people who moved to Georgia or became eligible since, such as those who turned 18 or became citizens.
Georgia · 2026 general election
How Georgia’s early vote compares with 2022
Ballots cast before Election Day, by county, measured against the last midterm. Early voting ended Friday, Oct. 30. Numbers are unofficial, as of Nov. 2.
How people voted early
Early in personBy mail
By county
2026 county numbers go up after early voting ends Oct. 30.
How this year’s early voters voted in 2022
62.1%
15.4%
22.5%
Early-voted in 2022Voted on Election Day in 2022Didn’t vote in Georgia’s 2022 general
All 2026 early voters, in person and by mail, matched to the 2022 voter history file by voter registration number. “Didn’t vote” includes people who sat out the 2022 midterm, as well as people who moved to Georgia or became eligible to vote after it.
All 159 counties
The source for the 2026 numbers can be found here. Absentee ballot activity includes Early In-Person voting, which is classified as “absentee voting” under Georgia law.
These early voting records smashed the previous record set in 2022.
