Counts for Absentee ballot requests, returned ballots and early votes can be pulled from Tools > Advanced Counts in the Voter Frequency section. Select and drag Absentee into an empty Group box and choose the election in the drop-down menu.
Results can be filtered by five ballot status types and a date range:
Ballot Request: the date a voter requested an absentee ballot for the election
Ballot Return: the date a voter returned a completed absentee ballot
Early Vote: the date a voter cast an early vote ballot
Poll Vote: the date a voter cast a poll vote on election day
Ballot Sent: the date a ballot is mailed to a voter (added October 2022)
Date Range: enter the starting and ending dates for the selected ballot types
Be sure to select at least one ballot type to get results for a date range. Absentee records are uploaded into the database by a site administrator. Please contact your data director for more information about adding new absentee data.
Absentee/Early Vote records are automatically updated daily for all participating states until all ballots are received for an election. Go to Tools > Absentee Ballot Report to view statistics for upcoming and previous elections since 2020.
Filtering non-absentee voters
Use the Not Equals connector to pull voters who have not yet requested, returned, nor cast an absentee ballot or early vote for the upcoming election.
Absentee Ballot Status (updated June 2025)
Absentee Ballot Status values and their export field codes include:
Permanent Absentee (P) - Voters that appear on a Permanent Absentee List
Absentee Voter (A) - Voters that appeared on a recent absentee file
Mail Ballot (M) - All-mail precincts or jurisdiction
Permanent Absentee values may be applied to states maintaining "Permanent Absentee Voter List" (PAVL) and "Permanent Early Voter List" (PEVL) records. Mail Ballot values are currently only provided for Minnesota voter records.
Absentee Primary and Absentee General Status
Values for Absentee General and Absentee Primary are updated for new elections accordingly. Absentee Primary includes voters who requested or returned an absentee ballot, cast an early vote or were identified as a poll voter for the 2024 Congressional Primary elections or most recent Primary Election. Absentee General includes voters who have requested or returned an absentee ballot, cast an early vote, or identified as a poll voter for the 2024 General election or most recent General Election.
Using the ABEV List Style for Exports (Added October 2025)
Absentee ballot records can be exported for a selected election using the ABEV List style. Choose the election from the drop-down menu to add Absentee Ballot/Early Vote (ABEV) fields for a voter list, and the list style is set up to automatically export individual voter records.
The ABEV List style includes field values for voter information, political geography, and absentee ballot records. Not all field values for the ABEV List export style may be provided by the jurisdiction. Ballot types are coded with "1" when applicable and "0" when not applicable or the value is not provided.
Export Field | Value | Description |
Election Code | "VHyyxx" | Where yy = election year and xx = election type |
Request Date | Date | Absentee ballot requested |
Sent Date | Date | Absentee ballot mailed |
Returned Date | Date | Absentee ballot returned |
Early Vote Date | Date | Early vote cast |
Democrat | 1 | Democrat Ballot or Registered Democrat voter |
Republican | 1 | Republican Ballot or Registered Republican voter |
Other | 1 | Other party voter |
Military | 1 | Military ballot type |
Military Dependent | 1 | Military Dependent ballot type |
Overseas | 1 | Overseas ballot type |
Perm Abs | 1 | Permanent Absentee voter |
Challenged | 1 | Ballot application is challenged |
Rejected | 1 | Ballot application was rejected |
Spoiled | 1 | Ballot application is marked spoiled |
Federal | 1 | Federal ballot type |
Provisional | 1 | Provisional ballot type |
App Not Approved | 1 | Ballot application is not approved |
Using User Defined List Absentee Status fields
Field values for Absentee Status, Absentee Status (General), and Absentee Status (Primary) can be included in export files using the User Defined List export option.
