{
 "code": "MA",
 "name": "Massachusetts",
 "fetched_at": "2026-10-18T21:06:06-04:00",
 "status": "ok",
 "primary": "uf",
 "as_of": "2026-10-16",
 "total": 209661,
 "mail": 209661,
 "inperson": 0,
 "party": null,
 "series": [
  [
   "2026-10-14",
   20,
   134078
  ],
  [
   "2026-10-16",
   18,
   209661
  ]
 ],
 "source": {
  "name": "UF Election Lab 2026 early-vote tracker",
  "url": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/data-downloads/earlyvote/2026/US.csv",
  "page": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2026-early-voting/"
 },
 "series_source": "UF Election Lab snapshots (this script's runs + Wayback Machine archives)",
 "method": "UF fields voted_all, accept_all (mail returned), inperson_all.",
 "uf": {
  "as_of": "2026-10-16",
  "total": 209661,
  "mail": 209661,
  "inperson": 0,
  "party": null,
  "requested": 1015376,
  "file_time": "2026-10-18T16:59:37-04:00",
  "original_source": "Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth",
  "notes": "Massachusetts also publishes a party breakdown, but its \"Cast\" figures (by party) are far larger than the statewide total ballots cast on its own overall-statistics sheet, in nearly every town - checked directly, these do not reconcile with this cycle's own mail-ballot activity (e.g. one town shows 0 ballots returned total but a nonzero \"Dem Cast\"). Michael has asked the state about the discrepancy (2026-10-13); until that's resolved, this pipeline uses only the overall (non-party) statistics below."
 },
 "age": null,
 "gender": null,
 "compare": {
  "2022": {
   "final_total": 1038113,
   "final_mail": 849938,
   "final_inperson": 188175,
   "source": "https://rpubs.com/ElectProject/MA_early_vote_2022",
   "pct_of_final": 20.2
  },
  "2024": {
   "final_total": 1740448,
   "final_mail": 1143419,
   "final_inperson": 597029,
   "source": "https://election.lab.ufl.edu/data-downloads/earlyvote/2024/US.csv",
   "pct_of_final": 12.0
  }
 },
 "turnout_2022_total": 2511461,
 "days_out": 18,
 "change": {
  "since": "2026-10-17",
  "delta": 0
 }
}