Aside from some last minute campaigning and bustling activity at town clerks’ offices, the Island was largely quiet Monday as the clock wound down on an unprecedented campaign season.

Several campaigners with signs made an appearance at Five Corners on Saturday, candidates made appearances at grocery stores and the Barn Raisers Ball. Signs for county, state, and national races dot Island roads.

And if early voting results are any indications, Election Day will be bustling.

By the time polls open at 7 a.m., more than a quarter of the Island electorate will have cast ballots through the state’s first early voting period. Registered voters were able to vote from Oct. 24 through Nov. 4 in all Island towns. About 3,596 voters took advantage of the opportunity. Oak Bluffs saw the highest early turnout, with 1,068 of 3,941 voters, or 27 per cent. Edgartown had a similarly high showing, with 26 per cent, or 935 of 3,597 voters, coming early to the polls.

In West Tisbury 634 voters cast early ballots. Combined with 245 absentee ballots as of Monday, the voter turnout was already at 34 per cent.

Other early voting totals are as follows: Tisbury, 743 votes, 22 per cent; Chilmark, 162, 17 per cent; and Aquinnah, 54, 15 per cent.

Town clerks have also reported strong numbers of absentee ballots.

The early voting and absentee ballots will be counted along with all the other votes Tuesday.

According to the Boston Globe, more than one million people, about 21 per cent of registered voters in the state, voted early.

Last week Island clerks told the Gazette they were prepared for the large turnout that usually comes with presidential elections. In 2008 the turnout on Island was 82 per cent; that number dipped slightly in 2012, when 80.5 per cent of Vineyarders came to the polls.

Learn more about local candidates and polling places with the Gazette's election guide.