LANSING (AP) — More than 2.6 million Michigan voters have turned in their absentee ballots and the state is still waiting on almost 700,000 absentee ballots that had been sent out and yet to be returned with only days before Tuesday’s election.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is urging voters to drop off their ballots in-person to ensure mail delays don’t cause their ballots to not be counted, though voting in-person on Election Day remains an option. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Due to changes made in 2018 to voter laws and now growing public health concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, more Michigan residents are voting absentee than ever before. The previous record was set this year in the August primary at 1.6 million absentee ballots.

Ingham County saw 30,684 absentee ballots cast in the 2016 election, County Clerk Barb Byrum said in a media call Thursday alongside Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope. For Tuesday’s election, around 79,000 ballots had been returned as of Thursday.

Lansing early voter Stasi Castilla worried about getting COVID-19 if she voted in-person on Election Day. Though Benson has said all polling places will have proper personal protection equipment, Castilla said that if early voting wasn’t an option for her, she would not participate in the election.

“It’s important to vote, but I probably wouldn’t have voted because my health is more important.” Castilla said turning in her ballot on Saturday.