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Early Voting at Record Pace

May 11, 2016
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California's primary may not have much impact on the final delegate count, but it's generating a lot of interest among voters. David Montero writes in the LA Daily News that a record number of people have already cast their ballots in early voting:

The first day of early voting in this year’s presidential primary at the Los Angeles County Registrar’s office obliterated the total number of ballots cast at the start of the California primary four years ago. A total of 57 people went to the Registrar’s Office to vote Monday -- almost five times the number in 2012. Yes, it was a relative tsunami of civic engagement compared to the Mitt Romney-Barack Obama presidential primary that saw 12 people cast ballots on the first day of early voting.

Read the full story by LA Daily News here.

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