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Early vote by county · North Dakota · Oct. 28, 2026

52,278 ballots cast in North Dakota

County leadD +30D +15D +5EvenR +5R +15R +30
52,278Ballots cast
Counts from state election offices via civicAPI, as of October 28. Party modeled by On Point Polling where a state reports none. Past years modeled on the same day before Election Day.onpointpolitics.us/maps/early-vote/north-dakota
Hover any county for its ballots. Below: where each side needs the early vote to be.

As of October 28, 2026, 52,278 ballots have been cast in North Dakota: 37,530 by mail and 14,748 in person. North Dakota does not publish the party of its early voters. See the On Point forecast, and on election night the live North Dakota election results.

Early vote benchmarks

No statewide race to benchmark in North Dakota

North Dakota has no Senate or governor race in the On Point forecast, so there is no forecast to measure these ballots against.

Who has voted so far · modeled by On Point Polling

The electorate of the 0 ballots cast in North Dakota

Every ballot cast so far, by the voters behind it: the forecast’s own 2026 electorate, split by who votes by mail, early in person or on Election Day, set to each county's live count and party split. Compare it with the whole electorate the forecast expects by Election Day.

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How it works: every county starts from the 1,152 voter types the forecast simulates in it, by age, race, college, party, 2022 and 2024 vote history and Trump approval, each with its chance of voting. A model of On Point Polling likely voters gives each type its chance of voting by mail, early in person or on Election Day under the state’s ballot rules, and respondents add the share of women in each type and how many of the 2018 and 2020 elections it voted in. Those mixes are set to the ballots each county has actually cast by mail and in person, and to its party split, reported or modeled. Where a state publishes early voters by age, race or gender, that dimension follows the state’s count. These are estimates, not voter file counts.

How ballots came in
Mail 38KIn person 15K
Of 2022 turnout21.6%
Pacen/a
Mail not back yet18K
Party registration, as reported

North Dakota does not report the party of its early voters, so the party model above comes from On Point Polling.

Party leadR +17.7
Vs expectedD +0.4
Pace against past years

No 2022 or 2024 checkpoints for North Dakota, so there is no pace line.

Every North Dakota county

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Early vote questions

How many people have voted early in North Dakota?

As of October 28, 2026, 52,278 ballots have been cast in North Dakota: 37,530 mail ballots returned and 14,748 cast in person. Voters have requested 55,501 mail ballots.

Does North Dakota report early votes by party?

No. North Dakota does not publish the party registration of early voters, so On Point Polling estimates the party mix from county results and voter demographics on the map above.

When is Election Day in North Dakota?

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 6 days after the latest count. Check the North Dakota election office for early voting locations, hours and mail ballot deadlines.

Counts come from civicAPI, which collects them from state election offices. Each state reports on its own schedule and publishes different breakdowns, so a state with no party split simply does not publish one. Pace uses each state's published 2022 and 2024 early vote checkpoints.

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