Continuing a Bleeding Heartland tradition, I will post Iowa’s latest absentee ballot numbers, statewide and for each Congressional district, every weekday, based on figures released by the Iowa Secretary of State’s office. That office also publishes daily absentee ballot totals by county, state House district, and state Senate district.

You can compare this year’s numbers to daily charts from the last six election cycles by clicking through to Bleeding Heartland’s archive of absentee ballot totals from 2022, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2014, and 2012. But use caution when comparing, because Iowa’s early voting window lasted for 40 days through 2016, and was 29 days for the 2018 and 2020 elections. Only the most recent midterm also used the 20-day window currently in effect.

Also, keep in mind that this year’s early voting numbers will certainly be much lower than in 2020, when a majority of Iowans who participated cast a ballot before election day. Voting by mail skyrocketed during the last presidential election cycle, because the COVID-19 pandemic discouraged many from voting in person, and the Secretary of State’s office sent absentee ballot request forms to all registered Iowa voters. Republican legislators and Governor Kim Reynolds subsequently prohibited county auditors and the secretary of state from sending absentee ballot request forms to any voter who had not requested one.

The Secretary of State’s office now breaks down ballots received by voting method: mail, in person at a county office, in person at a satellite location, through a drop box, at a health care facility, or by email or fax (options for military or overseas voters). I’m keeping it simple with one table each day for ballots voters in each Congressional district have requested, and one table for ballots county auditors have received. After the election, I will write about how many Iowans used the various early voting options, and the partisan split for each.

In recent years, Iowa Democrats have been far more likely than Republicans to cast early ballots. However, the Iowa GOP has invested in a big early voting push this year. So far, Republicans are not far behind in early ballots requested and received in the first, second, and third Congressional districts. The GOP leads in early voting in the fourth district, where the party has a massive voter registration advantage.

Remember, though: the tables below show how many Iowans of various partisan affiliations have voted early. That doesn’t mean they all voted a straight party ticket.

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of November 6, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	81,343	69,674	46,814	973	232	199,036
IA-02	68,062	63,953	39,945	1,045	184	173,189
IA-03	67,854	60,261	33,824	893	132	162,964
IA-04	45,982	80,058	31,821	838	129	158,828
statewide	263,241	273,946	152,404	3,749	677	694,017

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of November 6, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	79,687	68,502	45,893	947	231	195,260
IA-02	66,897	62,854	39,369	1017	179	170,316
IA-03	65,943	58,823	32,912	860	130	158,668
IA-04	45,107	78,720	31,296	807	123	156,053
statewide	257,634	268,899	149,470	3,631	663	680,297

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Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of November 5, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	81,290	69,646	46,809	972	231	198,948
IA-02	67,783	63,761	39,718	1,037	182	172,481
IA-03	67,838	60,240	33,816	892	131	162,917
IA-04	45,796	79,689	31,596	834	125	158,040
statewide	262,707	273,336	151,939	3,735	669	692,386

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of November 5, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	79,187	68,059	45,539	939	228	193,952
IA-02	66,429	62,447	38,991	990	176	169,033
IA-03	65,639	58,570	32,684	851	128	157,872
IA-04	44,768	78,027	30,903	793	116	154,607
statewide	256,023	267,103	148,117	3,573	648	675,464

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Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of November 4, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	78,550	66,664	43,709	876	206	190,005
IA-02	63,424	59,877	35,396	927	154	159,778
IA-03	66,379	58,004	32,103	838	121	157,445
IA-04	43,742	75,359	28,716	767	104	148,688
statewide	252,095	259,904	139,924	3,408	585	655,916

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of November 4, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	76,088	64,849	42,213	835	201	184,186
IA-02	61,786	58,267	34,429	874	149	155,505
IA-03	63,613	55,832	30,594	786	117	150,942
IA-04	42,415	73,191	27,788	714	95	144,203
statewide	243,902	252,139	135,024	3,209	562	634,836

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Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of November 2, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	75,319	64,210	40,908	822	191	181,450
IA-02	60,938	57,356	33,004	885	144	152,327
IA-03	64,987	56,431	30,867	805	112	153,202
IA-04	41,777	72,035	26,585	710	90	141,197
statewide	243,021	250,032	131,364	3,222	537	628,176

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of November 2, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	72,620	62,171	39,242	777	183	174,993
IA-02	58,990	55,401	31,815	819	138	147,163
IA-03	62,016	54,098	29,235	747	108	146,204
IA-04	40,109	69,341	25,447	649	79	135,625
statewide	233,735	241,011	125,739	2,992	508	603,985

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Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of November 1, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	71,399	59,414	36,889	749	172	168,623
IA-02	57,801	53,527	29,927	819	129	142,203
IA-03	63,325	53,739	29,133	766	108	147,071
IA-04	39,383	66,586	23,794	643	82	130,488
statewide	231,908	233,266	119,743	2,977	491	588,385

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of November 1, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	67,955	56,707	34,669	685	162	160,178
IA-02	55,209	50,919	28,296	725	122	135,271
IA-03	59,477	50,644	26,917	692	100	137,830
IA-04	37,207	62,913	22,228	569	69	122,986
statewide	219,848	221,183	112,110	2,691	453	556,265

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Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 31, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	68,733	56,113	34,565	703	157	160,271
IA-02	53,791	49,693	26,670	753	110	131,017
IA-03	62,128	52,010	28,098	741	105	143,082
IA-04	38,020	63,068	22,207	612	77	123,984
statewide	222,672	220,884	111,540	2,809	449	558,354

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 31, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	64,464	52,691	31,863	621	146	149,785
IA-02	50,704	46,515	24,663	641	102	122,625
IA-03	57,041	47,807	25,052	642	94	130,636
IA-04	35,233	58,330	20,330	522	64	114,479
statewide	207,442	205,343	101,908	2,426	406	517,525

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Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 30, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	65,575	52,760	32,048	659	138	151,180
IA-02	52,142	47,563	25,177	730	107	125,719
IA-03	60,870	50,175	27,043	706	100	138,894
IA-04	36,284	59,062	20,358	561	73	116,338
statewide	214,871	209,560	104,626	2,656	418	532,131

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 30, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	60,328	48,271	28,673	557	126	137,955
IA-02	48,045	43,267	22,530	585	95	114,522
IA-03	54,768	45,165	23,432	596	85	124,046
IA-04	32,677	52,746	17,926	452	59	103,860
statewide	195,818	189,449	92,561	2,190	365	480,383

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Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 29, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	62,594	49,801	29,795	616	129	142,935
IA-02	50,810	46,091	24,183	710	102	121,896
IA-03	59,202	48,401	25,907	691	93	134,294
IA-04	35,158	56,689	19,327	533	65	111,772
statewide	207,764	200,982	99,212	2,550	389	510,897

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 29, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	56,457	44,625	25,940	499	114	127,635
IA-02	45,905	40,973	21,128	553	89	108,648
IA-03	52,341	42,724	21,884	562	78	117,589
IA-04	30,968	49,327	16,588	414	50	97,347
statewide	185,671	177,649	85,540	2,028	331	451,219

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Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 28, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	59,401	46,870	27,794	566	118	134,749
IA-02	48,150	43,422	22,371	672	90	114,705
IA-03	57,884	46,639	24,961	672	92	130,248
IA-04	32,978	52,926	17,653	492	58	104,107
statewide	198,413	189,857	92,779	2,402	358	483,809

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 28, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	50,874	39,454	22,637	414	94	113,473
IA-02	41,353	36,302	18,249	475	71	96,450
IA-03	48,033	38,802	19,550	490	70	106,945
IA-04	27,474	42,905	14,122	351	40	84,892
statewide	167,734	157,463	74,558	1,730	275	401,760

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Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 25, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	53,985	41,884	24,115	502	100	120,586
IA-02	43,482	38,738	19,178	605	77	102,080
IA-03	50,575	40,159	20,498	581	74	111,887
IA-04	29,862	47,939	15,329	440	51	93,621
statewide	177,904	168,720	79,120	2,128	302	428,174

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 25, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	42,945	32,248	17,810	326	72	93,401
IA-02	34,016	29,042	13,896	359	52	77,365
IA-03	36,443	29,409	13,273	337	46	79,508
IA-04	22,033	34,544	10,823	247	31	67,678
statewide	135,437	125,243	55,802	1,269	201	317,952

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Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 24, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	50,970	39,010	22,223	471	94	112,768
IA-02	41,996	36,886	18,116	581	75	97,654
IA-03	47,348	36,908	18,722	552	69	103,599
IA-04	28,435	45,058	14,306	419	50	88,269
statewide	168,749	157,862	73,367	2,023	288	402,289

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 24, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	37,588	27,362	14,949	268	63	80,230
IA-02	30,735	25,530	12,207	309	50	68,831
IA-03	30,156	24,013	10,331	272	38	64,810
IA-04	19,223	29,460	9,219	209	28	58,139
statewide	117,702	106,365	46,706	1,058	179	272,010

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Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 23, 2024 (note: the Iowa Secretary of State’s office did not publish updated figures on October 22)

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	47,254	36,001	20,117	437	83	103,892
IA-02	40,211	34,956	17,090	563	71	92,891
IA-03	44,053	34,045	17,312	523	59	95,992
IA-04	26,822	42,180	13,262	401	45	82,710
statewide	158,340	147,182	67,781	1,924	258	375,485

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 23, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	29,583	20,786	11,268	185	49	61,871
IA-02	26,473	21,398	10,303	265	44	58,483
IA-03	22,960	18,372	7,661	199	24	49,216
IA-04	15,388	22,561	7,183	160	22	45,314
statewide	94,404	83,117	36,415	809	139	214,884

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Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 21, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	40,745	31,436	16,969	385	65	89,600
IA-02	34,959	30,720	14,435	506	58	80,678
IA-03	38,506	29,470	14,940	484	49	83,449
IA-04	24,151	37,496	11,437	363	36	73,483
statewide	138,361	129,122	57,781	1,738	208	327,210

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 21, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	17,498	12,410	6,582	109	25	36,628
IA-02	12,509	10,045	5,057	100	25	27,736
IA-03	8,569	8,206	3,010	69	9	19,863
IA-04	9,709	13,847	4,434	89	12	28,091
statewide	48,285	44,508	19,083	367	71	112,318

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Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 18, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	32,339	24,752	12,682	311	41	70,125
IA-02	29,568	24,918	11,401	426	42	66,355
IA-03	33,633	24,427	12,397	418	41	70,916
IA-04	19,654	29,848	8,737	291	27	58,557
statewide	115,194	103,945	45,217	1,446	151	265,953

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 18, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	7,708	5,537	2,692	51	5	15,993
IA-02	5,982	4,268	2,314	42	13	12,619
IA-03	4,068	3,722	1,357	24	3	9,174
IA-04	4,031	5,876	1,888	35	5	11,835
statewide	21,789	19,403	8,251	152	26	49,621

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Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 17, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	28,316	21,531	11,001	279	39	61,166
IA-02	26,245	22,331	9,971	395	34	58,976
IA-03	30,536	21,276	10,801	385	40	63,038
IA-04	17,674	25,695	7,578	259	24	51,230
statewide	102,771	90,833	39,351	1,318	137	234,410

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 17, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	4,521	3,302	1,529	27	4	9,383
IA-02	2,898	2,304	1,164	22	5	6,393
IA-03	2,303	2,111	658	15	2	5,089
IA-04	2,522	3,528	1,163	22	3	7,238
statewide	12,244	11,245	4,514	86	14	28,103

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Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 16, 2024

District	Dem	GOP	no-party	Lib	other	total
IA-01	24,295	18,199	9,454	255	35	52,238
IA-02	23,681	19,682	8,744	362	30	52,499
IA-03	28,658	19,477	10,224	368	37	58,764
IA-04	15,520	22,096	6,557	244	20	44,437
statewide	92,154	79,454	34,979	1,229	122	207,938

Top photo of voters at the Johnson County Auditor’s office on October 16 was first published on the Facebook page of Johnson County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections.