Federal ballots from U.S. citizens and military members overseas, stacking up at the Essex County Board of Elections.

The clerk of the board says the ballots are still coming in by email and their volume is evidence outreach has been very successful this year.

Clerk of the Essex County Board of Elections Linda Von Nessi says, “I think it’s a beautiful thing when Americans who live in other countries take such pride in our process to have their voices counted.”

“What we’re seeing now and hearing anecdotally is that this is through the roof. All of them are projecting that this will be finally the election we’ve been waiting for. The election where the highest amount of registered voters will turn out,” said Kamanzi Kalisa, director of the Council of State Governments Overseas Voting Initiative. More