More than 1 million Massachusetts residents have already voted in the 2024 election, according to Secretary of State Bill Galvin’s office.

According to the secretary’s count, with more than 1.1. million votes cast by mail and at early voting locations, 23.5% of all registered voters in the Bay State have already made their votes heard with more than a week to go until the election.

Here’s the full breakdown Monday, according to Galvin’s team:

Requests for postal voting received — 1,384,983 (27.4% of voters); mailed ballots: 1,376,935 (99.4% of ballots requested); returned ballots — 859,539 (62.4% of mailed ballots); early ballots: 327,923; total ballots cast so far: 1,187,462 (23.5% of registered voters).

Early voting runs through Friday, and mail-in ballots can be counted if they are postmarked by Election Day and received by November 8. Overseas voters have until the 15th, but ballots must be postmarked as mailed by November 5.

Due to the unpredictability of the U.S. mail, voters who still have their mail after Tuesday (today) are encouraged to vote at a polling place instead of mailing it and risking its late arrival. Voters can also use a polling place if they mail in their ballot, but it is not marked as received until November 5.

“Voters are encouraged to vote in person if their ballots are not delivered by Election Day. Before counting ballots, clerks will refer to voter rolls to ensure that no voter casts more than one ballot. Absentee ballots returned by those who voted in person will be rejected,” Galvin staff informed.

According to Galvin’s office, municipal clerks can begin placing ballots into tabulators starting Sunday, but official tallies won’t be available until polls close at 8 p.m. on Nov. 5. . State law does not require local clerks to host election night. unofficial results, and “as such, there is no official reporting from election night in Massachusetts.”

Originally published: October 28, 2024 at 6:29 p.m. EDT