More than 4 million California voters have sent in their Prop. 50 ballots so far

"Over 4.5 million ballots were cast, either by mail or in person, as of Sunday, Oct. 26, according to the California secretary of state's office. The secretary of state's office sent more than 23.2 million vote-by-mail ballots to registered voters in recent weeks. Eligible voters who did not register to vote by the regular deadline, and therefore weren't sent a mail-in ballot, may have cast a conditional or provisional ballot in person instead. Their votes are included in Sunday's tally."

"Data analyst Paul Mitchell, vice president of the firm Political Data Inc., said Monday that voter turnout has been coming in faster than during last year's presidential election at this point. But, he added, that could be because there's only one item on the ballot this time rather than multiple races or measures that would require a voter to spend more time deciding how to vote on all the different races before returning their ballot."

Over 4.5 million ballots were cast by mail or in person as of Oct. 26, while more than 23.2 million vote-by-mail ballots were sent to registered voters. Just under 20% of registered voters had returned ballots as of that date, including roughly 15% in Los Angeles County, 22% in Orange County, 19% in Riverside County and 14.5% in San Bernardino County. Voters who missed the registration deadline may have cast conditional or provisional ballots that are included in the tally. Data analyst Paul Mitchell said returns are faster than at the same point during last year's presidential election, but the faster pace may reflect quicker returns rather than higher final turnout.

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