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October 19, 2005

"Absentee ballot surge surprises registrars"

"Elections officials said interest in the Nov. 8 special election is running surprisingly high, as absentee ballot requests pour into county registrar offices across the state.

"I think there's more interest now then there was in last year's presidential primary,'' said Candy Lopez, assistant registrar of voters in Contra Costa County.

Reports from a number of California counties suggest the worst-case scenario of an election decided by only a handful of voters isn't likely to happen. Early absentee figures from Los Angeles County, for example, are running ahead of the March 2004 primary and the October 2003 recall elections."

You can read the story here.

Posted by Randy Riddle at October 19, 2005 08:32 AM