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Palm Beach County early voting ends with 42% turnout

More than 373,000 Palm Beach County voters have cast ballots before Election Day, with Democrats leading in registration-based totals.

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Early voting has closed in Palm Beach County, and 373,695 voters had already cast ballots in the 2026 General Election as of 7:10 a.m. Monday. That works out to 42.01 percent of the county’s 889,577 active eligible voters. Election Day is Tuesday.

The unofficial figures come from Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link’s office. Early voting sites handled 222,108 ballots, and 151,587 arrived by mail.

Lantana Road Branch Library was the busiest of the county’s 28 early voting locations, with 17,406 ballots. Gardens Branch Library logged 15,188, and Wellington Branch Library recorded 13,990.

Registered Democrats cast 167,528 ballots, about 45 percent of the total. Republicans had 115,424, no party affiliation voters had 79,450 and other parties had 11,293. Most of the Democratic lead came from mail ballots, 79,268 to 37,899 for Republicans. At early voting sites, Democrats led 88,260 to 77,525. The figures reflect party registration, not how people voted.

Boca Raton leans Republican

Boca Raton showed a different pattern. Republicans outnumbered Democrats at all five early voting sites in the city’s area. West Boca Branch Library led with 10,072 total ballots, followed by Spanish River Library with 9,133 and Glades Road Branch Library with 9,117. Boca Raton Downtown Library logged 8,580, and Sugar Sand Park Community Center recorded 6,599.

Together, those sites counted 43,501 ballots, including 17,295 from Republicans, 13,929 from Democrats and 10,916 from no party affiliation voters.

Voters who have not yet cast a ballot can vote at their assigned precinct on Tuesday.

This story is a summary based on reporting by BocaNewsNow. Read the original for full details.

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