{
  "name": "chart-ks-early-share",
  "title": "Chart data: About 4 in 10 Kansas midterm ballots are cast early. This year’s early count is well ahead of 2022’s.",
  "description": "The data behind the chart “About 4 in 10 Kansas midterm ballots are cast early. This year’s early count is well ahead of 2022’s.” (post 16), as of 2026-10-26. Kansas Secretary of State: advance in-person and returned mail ballots and total ballots, 2016–2020 (election statistics charts); total ballots, 2022 turnout workbook and 2024 presidential workbook. ColdSpark Kansas tracker, pinned snapshot: early mail returns and in-person advance ballots, 2022, 2024 and 2026. Calculations by Carmena’s Overton. Early ballots are advance ballots cast in person plus mail ballots returned, including mail accepted after Election Day. 2016–2020 figures are the Secretary of State’s; 2022 and 2024 early counts come from the tracker’s voter-file series, divided by the Secretary of State’s certified ballot totals. For 2022 the tracker records 136,204 returned mail ballots; the Secretary of State’s county file totals 129,973 but lists 4 counties as N/A. The 2026 count is unfinished and covers 102 counties, so no 2026 share is shown.",
  "updated": "2026-10-26",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "licenceUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Carmena’s Overton & Electoral Research",
  "attribution_required": true,
  "citation": "Carmena’s Overton & Electoral Research. “Chart data: About 4 in 10 Kansas midterm ballots are cast early. This year’s early count is well ahead of 2022’s.” (CSV). Last updated 2026-10-26. https://carmenaresearch.com/data/public/chart-ks-early-share.csv. Licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "csv": "https://carmenaresearch.com/data/public/chart-ks-early-share.csv",
  "page": "https://carmenaresearch.com/data/#chart-ks-early-share",
  "columns": [
    {
      "name": "year",
      "description": "Year"
    },
    {
      "name": "election",
      "description": "Election"
    },
    {
      "name": "earlyShare",
      "description": "Early share of all ballots"
    },
    {
      "name": "earlyBallots",
      "description": "Early ballots, final"
    },
    {
      "name": "inPersonAdvance",
      "description": "In-person advance"
    },
    {
      "name": "mailReturned",
      "description": "Mail ballots returned"
    },
    {
      "name": "totalBallots",
      "description": "All ballots"
    },
    {
      "name": "eightDaysOut",
      "description": "Early ballots, eight days out"
    }
  ],
  "caveats": [
    "Early ballots are advance ballots cast in person plus mail ballots returned, including mail accepted after Election Day. 2016–2020 figures are the Secretary of State’s; 2022 and 2024 early counts come from the tracker’s voter-file series, divided by the Secretary of State’s certified ballot totals. For 2022 the tracker records 136,204 returned mail ballots; the Secretary of State’s county file totals 129,973 but lists 4 counties as N/A. The 2026 count is unfinished and covers 102 counties, so no 2026 share is shown."
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "year": "2016",
      "election": "Presidential",
      "earlyBallots": 505464,
      "inPersonAdvance": 332007,
      "mailReturned": 173457,
      "totalBallots": 1225667,
      "earlyShare": 41.2,
      "eightDaysOut": null,
      "source": "Kansas Secretary of State"
    },
    {
      "year": "2018",
      "election": "Midterm",
      "earlyBallots": 401731,
      "inPersonAdvance": 249464,
      "mailReturned": 152267,
      "totalBallots": 1039085,
      "earlyShare": 38.7,
      "eightDaysOut": null,
      "source": "Kansas Secretary of State"
    },
    {
      "year": "2020",
      "election": "Presidential",
      "earlyBallots": 831083,
      "inPersonAdvance": 371854,
      "mailReturned": 459229,
      "totalBallots": 1375125,
      "earlyShare": 60.4,
      "eightDaysOut": null,
      "source": "Kansas Secretary of State"
    },
    {
      "year": "2022",
      "election": "Midterm",
      "earlyBallots": 410720,
      "inPersonAdvance": 274516,
      "mailReturned": 136204,
      "totalBallots": 1020208,
      "earlyShare": 40.3,
      "eightDaysOut": 135670,
      "source": "ColdSpark tracker (early); Kansas Secretary of State (all ballots)"
    },
    {
      "year": "2024",
      "election": "Presidential",
      "earlyBallots": 711289,
      "inPersonAdvance": 558621,
      "mailReturned": 152668,
      "totalBallots": 1343020,
      "earlyShare": 53,
      "eightDaysOut": 301864,
      "source": "ColdSpark tracker (early); Kansas Secretary of State (all ballots)"
    },
    {
      "year": "2026",
      "election": "Midterm",
      "earlyBallots": null,
      "inPersonAdvance": null,
      "mailReturned": null,
      "totalBallots": null,
      "earlyShare": null,
      "eightDaysOut": 203818,
      "source": "ColdSpark tracker, 102 covered counties"
    }
  ]
}