In Louisiana, Black voters have cast more early votes in one week than they did in all of 2022.
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Deadline: White HouseOct 28, 2026
Louisiana Secretary of State data, as reported by KPLC and WBRZ, shows Black early votes exceeded the full 2022 early-voting total within about a week of early voting: KPLC reports 179,094 Black early votes through Oct. 27 versus 98,008 in 2022, and WBRZ reports 123,568 Black early votes with the 2022 total nearly 25,000 lower.
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… In Georgia, they're up 15%, while ballots from white voters are down 3%. Black voters in Florida are using in-person early voting at twice the rate they did in 2022. That's according to Michael McDonald of the University of Florida Election Lab. A week into early voting in Louisiana, Black voters have already cast more early votes than they did in all of 2022, while early voting by white voters is flat, according to data released by Louisiana's Secretary of State." As ever, is about the voters, with their hands on the wheel right now of our country. …
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Supports. KPLC reports Black early voting statewide at 179,094 votes through Oct. 27, 2026, up from 98,008 in the 2022 midterm early-voting period, so the current total already exceeds the full 2022 figure.[2]
Supports. WBRZ reports 123,568 Black early votes during the current early-voting period, which it says has already surpassed the 2022 early-voting Black turnout by nearly 25,000 votes.[3]
Context. The Louisiana early-voting total was 520,942 as of Oct. 28 (WAFB, WVUE), and the AP advance-vote tracker lists 530,507 advance ballots for Louisiana as of Nov. 1, which is consistent with the statewide surge but does not break out Black voters.[1][4][5]
Context. Early voting began Oct. 21, so a week into voting falls around Oct. 28; the Oct. 27 Secretary of State data used by KPLC covers roughly that window.[2][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 5 not rated
- 1How many Americans have already voted in the 2026 midterm ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Black early votes in Calcasieu more than double 2022 - KPLCkplctv.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3Early voting numbers on pace to surpass 2022 midterm's ... - WBRZwbrz.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4520,942 people early voted; up nearly 40% from 2022wafb.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Louisiana early voting numbers surge, Democrats and independents see higher turnoutknoe.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Big turnout of Black voters as voting begins in Louisiana ...nola.com · not rated · cited for: context
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