[EL] FW: Cal primary turnout; anyone know how the six counties fared that mailed a ballot to every voter?

[Eric McGhee]

Accidentally left off the rest of the list from this response.  Forwarding in case the answer is of general interest.

From: Eric McGhee
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2018 1:37 PM
To: 'Richard Winger' <richardwinger at yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [EL] Cal primary turnout; anyone know how the six counties fared that mailed a ballot to every voter?

Hi, Richard:

It was 5 counties (Madera, Napa, Nevada, Sacramento, and San Mateo).  See here for all the gory details:  http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voters-choice-act/

As for whether turnout increased, Thad Kousser, Mindy Romero and I are going to be looking at that very question.  But it’s too early to offer an answer now, especially for all-VBM county that have more than the usual burden of validating signatures.  And the vote center counties may have a few more conditional (i.e., same-day) registrants than a normal county, since they make it easier to take advantage of that option.  So that will delay counting as well.

Cheers,
Eric

From: Law-election [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Winger
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2018 10:28 AM
To: Election Law Listserv <law-election at uci.edu<mailto:law-election at uci.edu>>
Subject: [EL] Cal primary turnout; anyone know how the six counties fared that mailed a ballot to every voter?

At the California primary two days ago, I believe that six counties mailed a ballot to every registered voter.  That included Sacramento and San Mateo Counties, I believe.  Does anyone know any information about whether turnout was higher for those six counties than for the state as a whole?

I saw a news story that says Political Data thinks the statewide primary turnout was 31.5% of registered voters.  Has anyone seen any other figure?  Thank you.

Richard Winger 415-922-9779 PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
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