HOME VOTERS: More and more, Orange County...
HOME VOTERS: More and more, Orange County residents are staying home to vote. Local absentee ballots cast for June primaries will have almost tripled since 1984, with a record 73,000-plus absentees expected in Tuesday’s primary election. . . . “The ballots are getting so long and complicated, voters are finding it easier to do them at home and avoid the line at the polls,†says Betty Melberg of the county registrar’s office.
Absent but Voting
The number of Orange County absentee ballots cast in June primaries will have almost tripled since 1984: 1992: 73,032* 1990: 59,054 1988: 36,010 1986: 25,722 1984: 26,048 *Projected
Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters
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