Over 734,000 votes already cast in N.J.

New Jerseyans have already cast 734,539 ballots for next week’s general election, about 11.2% of all registered voters in the state, according to an analysis by VoteHub.

That number increases to 12% when inactive voters are removed from the registration tally.

Of those who have already voted, either through mail-in ballots or by machine in person, the electorate is 55.7% Democratic, 21.1% Republican, and 17.2% unaffiliated or independent.

A total of 239,787 in-person ballots have been cast in New Jersey, with Democrats holding a slight lead —98,796 (41%) to 94,555 (39%) for Republicans — after the first three days of early voting, with 46,436 independents (19%).

The 494,752 vote-by-mail ballots already returned to county election offices have an almost 3-1 advantage for Democrats: 310,364 Democrats (62.7%), 104,458 (21.1%) Republicans, and 79,930 (16.2%) unaffiliateds or independents.

Both parties are returning VBMs at a relatively consistent rate: 58.2% for Democrats, 56.7% for Republicans, and 36.7% for unaffiliateds and independents.