This is the report the office published as of Oct 26, saved on Oct 30, 10:40 PM ET. It is also the newest report, so it can still be revised until the office posts its next one. See the latest count.
56,049
early ballots cast in Mississippi
As of Oct 26
Mississippi posts this report once a week, on Mondays. The latest report is from Oct 26, so it can trail the real count by several days.
Mail ballots returned
56,049
Mail ballots accepted
56,042
Mail ballots requested
64,537
Early ballots cast, by county
Under 190
190 to 300
300 to 460
460 to 840
840 or more
No count
Source: Mississippi Secretary of State, weekly November General Election absentee report (BP-043). electionwrld.com/early-vote/MS/2026-10-26
Day by day, saved since Oct 29
We started saving counts on Oct 29. Only one report is saved for Mississippi so far. Each date is the one the office gives, so a first report can be dated a day before we saved it. Nothing earlier is filled in.
Early ballots cast in Mississippi, one row per saved report
Absentee ballots requested, received and accepted, by county, from the Secretary of State's weekly Statewide Election Management System report. Updated Oct 26; retrieved Oct 30, 10:40 PM ET.
Mississippi reports this once a week, on Mondays. This is the Monday 10/26/2026 report, so it lags the current day.
Mississippi has no no-excuse early voting. The count is all absentee ballots in the state system, which can include in-person absentee ballots cast at circuit clerk offices if the clerks logged them. The report does not separate mail from in-person.
Ballots requested (the report's Absentee Voter Count): 64,537; sent: 64,031; received: 56,049; accepted: 56,042; rejected: 7; not yet returned: 8,488.
Party registration is not published for these counts.
The as-of time is the report date at midnight Eastern; the report gives no time of day. County PDF: https://mcusercontent.com/c9f52743f930fd93605c3a79c/files/a63c752a-a327-15cd-20d6-6185fcf81fae/Absentee_Report_10_26.pdf
