Colorado surpassed the voter turnout of 2016 as of 10 a.m. on Election Day, Secretary of State Jena Griswold said.

Griswold said 76.6% of active voters had turned in a total of 2,839,395 ballots.

It was broken down to 930,452 from registered Democrats, 833,215 from registered Republicans and 1,088,369 from unaffiliated voters.

All ballots must be received by 7 p.m. Tuesday to be counted.

In 2016, voter turnout in Colorado was 74.39%.

There are more than 380 ballot box drop-off locations and more than 340 voting centers open across the state, Griswold said.

She said voting in-person is safe and that personal protective equipment had been sent to voting centers.

“If you have your mail ballot still at home, we really encourage just dropping it off at a drop box. There’s no need to go inside the building,” Griswold said. “But if you do go vote in person, of course, you should feel confident that it will be as safe as possible.”

Griswold added that the state’s election system is among the most secure in the country.

“Colorado is the safest state to cast a ballot from a cyber standpoint,” Griswold said. “That’s because every vote is a paper ballot. So if they cannot be hacked it makes the entire state safer.”

Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder George Stern said Tuesday that 79% of active registered voters in the county had turned in their ballots by the end of the day Monday.

The Denver Elections Division said it has had a turnout of 75.7% as of noon Tuesday.

“Voting is our way of shaping the future and deciding who will lead our local, state and on the national levels. Voting is our voice,” Griswold said.