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Kristin Heffron, chief deputy registrar-recorder, said [L.A. county] has received and processed more than 41,000 absentee ballots already out of requests from 397,900 voters. That compares with 275,000 requests for the same period last year.“It is amazing to see,” Heffron said. “None of us can remember anything like this.”
Statewide, 400,000 absentee ballots have already been turned in, and a total of over 2 million have been requested. This is more than 25% of the number that voted in the last governor’s election.
“This is the most phenomenal election event we’ve seen in years,” said Mark DiCamillo of the Field Poll, which has been tracking elections for more than 50 years.“We are seeing interest by people that is usually reserved only for close presidential elections, and this is only a California issue. People are talking about this election in bars, at backyard barbecues—everywhere they meet.”
In Los Angeles, the number of requests for absentee ballots is nearing an all-time high—already nearly 50 percent more than sought for last November’s election.
