Virginia early voting is up 80% from four years ago.
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The Parnas PerspectiveOct 26, 2026
The claim matches the same-point comparison reported by the Virginia Public Access Project: Pilot Online reports 1,330,832 early voters as of Oct. 28, 2026, a 79% increase over 745,082 at the same point in 2022, and 12 On Your Side reports an 86% increase. The post's 'about 80%' is within that range, though the figures are from Oct.
What was said
… Early voting is up 69% in Kansas, 41% in Maine, 24% in Iowa. In Texas, 4.5 million ballots have been cast, compared with 3 million to this point in 2022. Michigan has already surpassed a million ballots. Virginia is up about 80% from four years ago, and right now, the early vote is concentrated in districts where Republicans are playing, quote, defense, not offense. In the Senate battleground states, registered Democrats make up 47% of early voters, compared with 35% of registered Republicans. …
The Parnas Perspective · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Pilot Online reports Virginia had 1,330,832 early voters as of Oct. 28, a 79% increase over the 745,082 at the same point in 2022.[1]
Supports. 12 On Your Side reports the Virginia Public Access Project showing an 86% increase in early voting compared with the same point in 2022.[2]
Context. Comparisons against the full 2022 early vote total give smaller gaps, such as about 30% (Fox 5, 1.26 million vs. 976,558 in 2022), but these use a different baseline and do not contradict the same-point figures.[3][4]
Context. The same-point figures and the VPAP-based reporting all trace back to one data source, the Virginia Public Access Project, which lowers confidence somewhat.[1][2][3][4]
Sources
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- 1Hampton Roads early voting numbers blow past previous midtermpilotonline.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 2Time is running out to early vote in Virginia before Election Day12onyourside.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3Early voting in Virginia surges past 2022 midterm turnout with over 1.2 million ballots castfox5dc.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 4About 1.2 million Virginians vote early as turnout tops 2022 midtermswjla.com · not rated · cited for: context
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