Thousands of ballots across the area have already been submitted for early voting ahead of election night. According to WNYT, Albany County has already eclipsed 3,000 early votes with nearly 1,800 more absentee ballots. Schenectady just eclipsed more than 2,000 early votes with more than 950 absentee ballots. Saratoga County has the third most early votes in right now with more than 1,400.