More than one-fifth of California’s registered voters have cast ballots by mail or in person Oct. 29, according to state and local election officials.
The deep blue state mailed out a ballot to every active registered voter—a total of more than 22.8 million—starting on Oct. 7.
As of Tuesday, nearly 4.7 million of those ballots—or about 21 percent—were returned by mail, drop box, or other means and accepted, the California Secretary of State’s office reported.
Another 74,294 people cast in-person ballots at voting locations that were accepted.
More than 5 million registered voters also signed up for the state’s ballot tracking service by Tuesday, called “Where’s My Ballot.” The program sends notifications about vote-by-mail ballots by email, text, or voice call….