# Early vote data API — daily county time series

**Use case:** 

For forecasting models, dashboards and data pipelines: every daily snapshot from each state's official files in one row shape (county FIPS, party, method, requested, returned, accepted, in-person). This example pulls three counties in three states from October 1. Counts a state does not publish stay null with a note; states with no data yet are labeled in the run's coverage record.

## Input

```json
{
  "datasets": [
    "early_vote"
  ],
  "states": [
    "NC",
    "PA",
    "FL"
  ],
  "dateFrom": "2026-10-01",
  "dateTo": "2026-11-03",
  "counties": [
    "37183",
    "42101",
    "12086"
  ],
  "resultsYears": [
    "2020",
    "2024"
  ],
  "electionId": "",
  "districts": [],
  "maxRows": 500
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "dataset": {
    "label": "Dataset",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "state": {
    "label": "State",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "county": {
    "label": "County",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "current_through": {
    "label": "Current through",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "party": {
    "label": "Party",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "date": {
    "label": "Snapshot date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "ballots_returned": {
    "label": "Ballots returned",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "registered": {
    "label": "Registered voters",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "year": {
    "label": "Election year",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "office": {
    "label": "Office",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "candidate": {
    "label": "Candidate",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "votes": {
    "label": "Candidate votes",
    "format": "integer"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Early Vote & Mail Ballot Tracker — County Turnout & Results Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Early vote data API — daily county time series". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/ArTbfY4U9VBlekShh) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Early vote data API — daily county time series" task

The Early Vote & Mail Ballot Tracker — County Turnout & Results Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like datasets, states, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Early vote data API — daily county time series" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as dataset, state, county, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Early vote data API — daily county time series" task via API](https://apify.com/shelvick/early-vote-tracker.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Early Vote & Mail Ballot Tracker — County Turnout & Results](https://apify.com/shelvick/early-vote-tracker.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/shelvick/early-vote-tracker.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/shelvick/early-vote-tracker.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).