California elections chief predicts higher-than-usual June turnout

[suffragette]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article70280477.html

Warning of a “surge” of higher-than-usual turnout in California’s June primary election and a book-sized November voter information guide, the state’s elections chief this week requested a meeting with Gov. Jerry Brown to press his case for more money.

In a letter to Brown on Monday, Secretary of State Alex Padilla noted that more than 600,000 people have registered or re-registered to vote online in recent weeks. In addition, he warned that he expects proponents of more than a dozen proposed ballot measures to file piles of petitions with county election offices in the coming weeks, seeking to qualify for the November ballot.

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California voters normally have little say in presidential primary contests. On June 7, though, the state stands to have a major role in determining whether Republican businessman Donald Trump secures the delegates needed to clinch the GOP nomination, with Republicans mobilizing against him. Democrats Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, also have promised to campaign in the state in the weeks leading up to the June 7 election.

Padilla said the presidential races have increased primary turnout in other western states. One group has requested 200,000 cards to sign up voters. Pointing to November, Padilla said election workers face a deluge of signatures to qualify ballot measures; as many as 9.4 million signatures may need to be verified.

[Politicalboi]

1. It's a Bernie or BUST state

[suffragette]

2. Higher turnout bodes well!

[LonePirate]

3. I would be very surprised if both nominations are not locked up before June 7.

If turnout is a record, I think it will be for other reasons.

[silvershadow]

4. Well I hope that chief makes plans to have adequate numbers of polling sites, equipment

and parking to move them trough, since he knows it is coming.