Prop 50 turnout 15% of voters have returned ballots for special California election [View all]

[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