Across the state, some voters who registered with the Republican and Green parties were frustrated to learn they could not participate in the Democratic primary. Bernie Sanders supporters are seen as less dependable, but may still want to send a message, he said, and Clinton’s backers are more likely to be regular voters who reliably show up at the polls on Election Day. She also noted that it may be impossible to definitively say how much the announcement impacted turnout. According to one poll, an estimated 45 percent of registered Californina voters are expected to vote in the presidential primary as well as the local measures on the ballot Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, meantime is scheduled to make a speech later Tuesday evening from the Trump National Golf Club in NY. While Bacon said the old system, which stored the electronic ballot, was secure, this system provides another opportunity for the voter to ensure that the ballot is completed as they desired before it is submitted.
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“Never have I felt so much that my vote doesn’t count!”
Kim Alexander, president of California Voter Foundation, said she was disappointed that the AP released its count hours before the California primary – one of the nation’s last – because it has the potential to suck the air out of the election.
“There is a psychology behind all of this”, she said.
Right now, it seems Bernie Sanders and Clinton are neck-and-neck.
Voters can check their registration status and polling place by visiting the My Voter Page at app.mt.gov/voterinfo or myvoterpagemt.com.
Full results from the Associated Press news agency are available below.
Presidential politics aside, the marquee matchup from Tuesday is for California’s first open U.S. Senate seat in 24 years.
Even if Sanders does win California, he has an uphill climb to amass a majority of pledged delegates, which would arguably be his best argument to sway the superdelegates.
Not surprisingly, there are far more registered Democrats than Republicans in the state, with 44.82 percent for the former and 27.29 for the latter.
However, it could justify his continued stay in the race beyond the primary season into the Democratic national convention in July. To receive a ballot by mail, voters must register by June 20.
More than 60 percent of the roughly 32,000 absentee ballots that have been issued had already been returned by Monday, Connors said, and she expected another 5,000 or so to come in on Election Day.
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You can also take the mail ballot and vote in person at the Registrar’s office located at 5600 Overland Ave., San Diego, 92123.
