More Than 1 Million Massachusetts Voters Have Cast Their Ballots

BOSTON (CBS) - More than 1 million people in Massachusetts have already voted in the presidential election.

According to the Secretary of State's office, 1,177,856 ballots have been received, either through early in-person voting or mail-in voting as of Wednesday.

Of the state's registered voters, 43.4% -- 2,025,985 voters -- have applied to vote by mail or have voted early and 58.8% of voters who have been provided of with a ballot have already returned it. Of all registered voters, 25.2% have already voted.

The Secretary of State's office said the number of ballots cast is equal to 34.9% of the number of ballots cast in the 2016 election.

Ballot boxes are available around Boston 24 hours a day.