Prop 50 turnout 15% of voters have returned ballots for special California election

[RandySF]

About 3.4 million ballots have been returned so far in California’s special election to either approve or reject Proposition 50, according to a data firm used by political campaigns.

A Thursday release from data firm Political Data Inc. stated that 15% of ballots sent out to California voters have already been returned from Oct. 6 to Oct. 22.

Earlier this month, the firm said the voter turnout rate at the time was “close to recall election numbers,” in a reference to the 2021 vote over whether to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom.

According to the early mail-in vote, 17% of Democrats and 17% of Republicans have turned in their ballots. That equates to more than 1.7 million votes out of 10.3 million total ballots mailed for Democrats. For Republicans, that equates to more than 960,000 votes out of 5.8 million total ballots mailed.




https://www.kcra.com/article/california-special-election-prop-50-ballot-turnout-oct-23/69140853

[RandySF]

2. We mailed ours.

Received texts conforming receipt and tabulation.

[Nixie]

3. We're going to drop ours off at the Registrar's in the next

few days. 👍

[hlthe2b]

4. 49% of early voters thus far age 65 or older--that tracks...

Hell, I already dropped my ballot off in an official drop-box for Colorado's ballot issues--and none of them approach the high-profile importance of California Prop 50. Mine are mainly local issues.

[RandySF]

6. Back when I lived in the Midwest.

I heard that California Republicans ran up the score with absentee voting. Nowadays, seniors account for most of the early arriving ballots with Dems following in massive numbers. I even-numbered years, Dems also account for most of the late-arriving in-person early vote.

[Sibelius Fan]

5. Mailed in mine tge day after I received it. Receipt confirmed by the county the next day.