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‘No Kings' rallies across US push voting early; here's how many voters already have

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Published October 17, 2026 9:34 PM CDT
Published October 17, 2026 9:34 PM CDT
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General atmosphere as San Francisco residents join a "No Kings: Vote Early" event as part of a Nationwide Day Of Nonpartisan Voter Participation on October 17, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for Indivisible SF

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The Brief

    • The No Kings network hosted hundreds of rallies across the U.S. on Saturday to encourage early voting ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, expanding on previous demonstrations against Donald Trump’s presidency.
    • Early voting is active or launching across many states, with approximately 6 million of ballots already cast, led by California with over 757,000, Florida with some 669,000, and Virginia with more than 604,000.
    • The Trump administration filed a lawsuit against California to halt the counting of mail-in ballots from suspected noncitizens and the Justice Department is warning local election officials that processing such ballots could subject them to investigation and prosecution.

Hundreds of rallies planned across the U.S. by the No Kings network took place Saturday to urge people to vote early in the midterm elections, and the latest numbers show that millions have cast ballots ahead of Election Day. 

By the numbers:

Early voting is already underway in some states and with additional states slated to start early voting this week. Data gathered as of Thursday shows that 6 million voters have cast their ballots early. 

The AP’s report lists data from 39 states and includes both the total of in-person early votes and mail absentee ballots returned.

California posted the most early votes at over 757,000. Florida recorded 669,000 early votes. Virginia has seen more than 604,000, Michigan reported about 573,000 and Pennsylvania had more than 391,000. 

Big picture view:

Rallies on Saturday, though billed as nonpartisan, sought to build on nearly two years’ of No Kings marches and demonstrations held by people upset with Donald Trump’s presidency, the Associated Press reported. In Atlanta, City Councilman Julian Bond told the crowd to urge others to vote ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. 

"The Constitution gives you one power, right? That is the power to vote. Are you gonna use that power?" he said.

Trump has long been suspicious of mail voting and has claimed without evidence that voting fraud cost him the 2020 presidential election. The Trump administration filed a lawsuit Thursday against California election officials, asking a judge to bar that state from counting mail-in ballots for the midterm elections from people whom the federal government identified as "likely" noncitizens until officials can confirm their immigration status. 

The U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday that local election officials who process and tabulate ballots submitted by suspected noncitizen voters are putting themselves at risk of investigation and possible prosecution.

The Source: Information in this article came from the Associated Press. This story was reported from Orlando.


 



 

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