Total early voting in Louisiana is up 40% compared to the previous cycle.
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Deadline: White HouseOct 28, 2026
Louisiana early voting was up about 38% to nearly 40% over 2022 as of October 28, 2026, so the claim's 40% figure is within rounding of the reported increase.
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… This now, it's 34%. Look at the comparable number: 96,000 in 2022, 179,000 in 94. So not only are more people out voting, but the proportion of Black voters is increasing from 26% to 34%. Let me give you another way to look at this. Is the increase in Louisiana early vote this is to an earlier point you made it's overall, it's up 40% in Louisiana, but amongst Black voters, 86% of Black voters in Louisiana have said, We still have agency. If you have taken something away, as Michelle said, if you've taken something away from us, our fair right to representation, we still have a tool left, and that is …
Deadline: White House · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. WAFB reported 520,942 early votes compared with 377,428 in 2022, and its headline describes the increase as nearly 40%.[1]
Supports. WBRZ, citing Secretary of State data, says statewide early voting is up about 38% from 2022, and KNOE reports the same 38% increase in northeast Louisiana totals.[2][3]
Context. A Yahoo/Louisiana First report published October 26 put the increase at more than 39% at the same point, and the pollster figures cited by Audacy are parish-level, so they do not contradict the statewide figure.[4][5]
Context. The PollingSource tracker dated October 31 shows later cumulative totals, which postdate the claim and do not change the October 28 assessment.[6]
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- 1520,942 people early voted; up nearly 40% from 2022wafb.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 2More than 520,000 people cast ballots early in Louisiana including ...wbrz.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Early voting totals are up 38% across northeast Louisiana ...knoe.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Early voting surges in Louisiana as election day nears - Yahooyahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Pollster: Early voting turnout not good news for Republicans - Audacyaudacy.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Louisiana Early Vote Tracker | PollingSourcepollingsource.com · not rated · cited for: context
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