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PHOTOS: Mass. Voters Cast Their Ballots On Election Day

Voters who have not already made their voice heard via mail or early voting are casting their ballots in person Tuesday at sites across Massachusetts.

The state's elections officials are predicting that more than 1 million people will head to the polls on Election Day, which would make for record turnout combined with 2.3 million votes that were cast in advance.

Extra precautions remain in place to ensure health and safety amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, like sanitization and social distancing.

Voters line up to cast ballots at the Boston Public Library. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Voters line up to cast ballots at the Boston Public Library. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Voting gets underway at the Gustavino Room at the Boston Public Library. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Voting gets underway at the Gustavino Room at the Boston Public Library. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Voters fill the booths at the Boston Public Library. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Voters fill the booths at the Boston Public Library. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Hanneke Cassel and Mike Block, of Play for the Vote, play a duet in front of the Somerville Public Library for voters on Election Day. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Hanneke Cassel and Mike Block, of Play for the Vote, play a duet in front of the Somerville Public Library for voters on Election Day. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Voters wait in line near a police vehicle outside a polling station at Marshfield High School. (Steven Senne/AP)
Voters wait in line near a police vehicle outside a polling station at Marshfield High School. (Steven Senne/AP)
A polling place at the Jackson/Mann School in Boston’s Allston neighborhood shortly after 5 p.m. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)
A polling place at the Jackson/Mann School in Boston’s Allston neighborhood shortly after 5 p.m. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)
Poll workers, left, assist a voter, right, while speaking through a plastic barrier in a polling station at Marshfield High School.(Steven Senne)
Poll workers, left, assist a voter, right, while speaking through a plastic barrier in a polling station at Marshfield High School. (Steven Senne/AP)
Voters wait in line at social distancing marks in the hallways of the Boston Public Library. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Voters wait in line at social distancing marks in the hallways of the Boston Public Library. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Democratic U.S. Sen. Edward Markey addresses a crowd as Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, left, and President of the Boston Branch of the NAACP Tanisha Sullivan, second from left, look on Tuesday in Boston. (Steven Senne/AP)
Democratic U.S. Sen. Edward Markey addresses a crowd as Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, left, and President of the Boston Branch of the NAACP Tanisha Sullivan, second from left, look on Tuesday in Boston. (Steven Senne/AP)
Poll worker Kathy Richardson uses a spray bottle to sanitize a voting booth out of concern for the coronavirus in a polling station at Marshfield High School. (Steven Senne/AP)
Poll worker Kathy Richardson uses a spray bottle to sanitize a voting booth out of concern for the coronavirus in a polling station at Marshfield High School. (Steven Senne/AP)
Finesse Carter, 28, voting at Morning Star Baptist Church in Mattapan. Carter said he went with former Vice President Joe Biden. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)
Finesse Carter, 28, voting at Morning Star Baptist Church in Mattapan. Carter said he went with former Vice President Joe Biden. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)
A voter keeps social distancing in mind as she picks up her ballot at the Boston Public Library. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
A voter keeps social distancing in mind as she picks up her ballot at the Boston Public Library. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Voters hold signs in support of Biden-Harris outside Whitman Town Hall on Election Day.(David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Voters hold signs in support of Biden-Harris outside Whitman Town Hall on Election Day. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
A supporter of President Donald Trump drives around Weymouth on election day flying Trump flags. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)
A supporter of President Donald Trump drives around Weymouth on election day flying Trump flags. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)
A woman holds a "women for Trump" sign at Whitman Town Hall. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
A woman holds a "women for Trump" sign at Whitman Town Hall. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Jake Auchincloss, 4th Congressional District candidate, joins supporters outside the Florida Ruffin Ridley School on Election Day in Brookline. (Nicolaus Czarnecki/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)
Jake Auchincloss, 4th Congressional District candidate, joins supporters outside the Florida Ruffin Ridley School on Election Day in Brookline. (Nicolaus Czarnecki/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)
Contractors install a plywood frame around the entrance of Long’s Jewelers on Newbury Street in case of potential Election Night vandalism. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Contractors install a plywood frame around the entrance of Long’s Jewelers on Newbury Street in case of any potential Election Night vandalism. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Early voters' ballots wait to be counted at East Boston High School polling station. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Early voters' ballots wait to be counted at East Boston High School polling station. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Documenting a first voting experience, the LoPilato family stops for a quick selfie as they leave the voting hall at the Wang YMCA in Boston. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Documenting a first voting experience, the LoPilato family stops for a quick selfie as they leave the voting hall at the Wang YMCA in Boston. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
A "Yes on 2" sign outside East Boston High School voting station. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
A "Yes on 2" sign outside East Boston High School voting station. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
"I voted" stickers by the ballot box at the Boston Public Library. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
"I voted" stickers by the ballot box at the Boston Public Library. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

The 7-Eleven in Boston’s Mission Hill is boarded up on Election night in case of unrest. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)
The 7-Eleven in Boston’s Mission Hill is boarded up on Election night in case of unrest. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)
Chauncy Liquor Mart in Roxbury boarded up in case of election unrest on Tuesday night. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)
Chauncy Liquor Mart in Roxbury boarded up in case of election unrest on Tuesday night. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)
A voter is given instructions by a poll worker on how to fill out the ballot at Cathedral High School in the South End. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
A voter is given instructions by a poll worker on how to fill out the ballot at Cathedral High School in the South End. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Dennis Donoghue, of Allston, supporting ranked choice voting outside Jackson/Mann School in Allston. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)
Dennis Donoghue, of Allston, supporting ranked choice voting outside Jackson/Mann School in Allston. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)
A voter casts his ballot at the poll at Benjamin Franklin University in downtown Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
A voter casts his ballot at the poll at Benjamin Franklin University in downtown Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Televisions play election coverage at a watch party for President Donald Trump in Weymouth. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)
Televisions play election coverage at a watch party for President Donald Trump in Weymouth. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)
From left to right, Donna Forand, Jim Forand, both of Carver, Richard Desrosiers, of Fairhaven and Steven Miller, of New Bedford, at a watch party for President Donald Trump in Weymouth. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)
From left to right, Donna Forand, Jim Forand, both of Carver, Richard Desrosiers, of Fairhaven and Steven Miller, of New Bedford, at a watch party for President Donald Trump in Weymouth. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)
Jeff Silvestro, left, and Robert Merritt, right, of LHS Services, an election support company, with the days' final absentee and early voting ballots inside City Council Chambers at Boston City Hall in Boston on Tuesday. (Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Jeff Silvestro, left, and Robert Merritt, right, of LHS Services, an election support company, with the days' final absentee and early voting ballots inside City Council Chambers at Boston City Hall in Boston on Tuesday. (Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Election workers at the Boston Election Commision scan in early voting ballots received on Election Day at City Hall. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Election workers at the Boston Election Commission scan in early voting ballots received on Election Day at City Hall. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Election workers at Boston City Hall organize voting clerk’s notebooks. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Election workers at Boston City Hall organize voting clerk’s notebooks. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Election workers at City Hall process the ballot machines from every precinct in Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Election workers at City Hall handle the ballot machines. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Boston Police officers with trunks of ballots head down a ramp toward a vault located in the lower levels of City Hall. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Boston Police officers with trunks of ballots head down a ramp toward a vault located in the lower levels of the Chamber of City Hall. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Police officers with trunks of ballots wait in line to check in before placing them in a vault for safe keeping. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Boston police officers with trunks of ballots wait in line to check in before placing them in a vault for safe keeping of City Hall. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Standing with his wife Michelle, Democratic candidate Jake Auchincloss declares victory in Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District on Tuesday night. The Associated Press has yet to call the race as of midnight on Election Night. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Standing with his wife Michelle, Democratic candidate Jake Auchincloss declares victory in Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District on Tuesday night. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Material from WBUR's Robin Lubbock and Jesse Costa, The Associated Press and Getty Images was used in this report.

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