Here’s a look at the early vote turnout in California, across the US

DEFICIT IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. TURNING NOW TO OUR COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE AND THIS WEEKEND, VOTE CENTERS OPENED IN 29 COUNTIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA. THAT INCLUDES MULTIPLE COUNTIES IN OUR AREA. KCRA 3’S LETICIA ORDAZ SHOWS US THE TURNOUT SO FAR AND WHY ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE NOT DISCOURAGED BY THE EARLY VOTING NUMBERS. REPORTER HERE AT THE CALIFORNIA MUSEUM ELECTION VOLUNTEERS WERE ON STANDBY ON SUNDAY WAITING FOR EARLY VOTERS TO TRICKLE IN. YESTERDAY WE HAD QUITE A RUSH OF PEOPLE EAGER TO GET THEIR BALLOTS CAST. IT’S BEEN A LITTLE SLOWER TODAY, BUT WE EXPECT THAT THIS IS THIS IS THE BIG ONE. INSPECTOR EVAN BERGEN SAYS IT’S HIS FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR. HE WANTS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE AND SAYS THERE IS NO PRESSURE TO DECIDE ON THE ENTIRE BALLOT. THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH CASTING A BALLOT THAT HAS SOME CONTEST BLANK. IF YOU DON’T. IF YOU’RE NOT PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. BUT WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPEND TIME AT HOME. READ ABOUT THESE THINGS AT VOTE CENTERS IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY IS KEY HERE. YOU CAN COME VOTE IN SIX DIFFERENT LANGUAGES LIKE MANDARIN OR CANTONESE ON THE TOUCH SCREENS. IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY TRANSLATE BASED ON THEIR LANGUAGE PREFERENCES AND THEN WE ALSO CAN PRINT BALLOTS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICIALS ARE EAGER TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT VOTE CENTERS OPENING UP. WE’VE ACTUALLY HAD A PRETTY BUSY DAY YESTERDAY. WE HAD, I THINK, SOMEWHERE AROUND 600 VOTERS COME THROUGH OUR VOTE CENTERS, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WE HAD ON PRIMARY. REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBERS, VOLUNTEERS SAY THEY KNOW THEIR ROLE HERE IS CRITICAL. THE WAY I KIND OF LOOK AT IT, IT’S BETTER TO BE HERE AND BE UNDER NEEDED THAN TO BE NEEDED AND NOT HERE. THEY WILL BE HERE THROUGH NOVEMBER 5TH, HELPING THE VOTING PROCESS GO SMOOTHLY. IN SACRAMENTO, LETICIA ORDAZ KCRA THREE NEWS. AND YOU CAN REGISTER TO VOTE EVEN ON ELECTION DAY. SACRAMENTO COUNTY OPENED 18 VOTE CENTERS THIS WEEKEND. AN ADDITIONAL 70 WILL OPEN NEXT WEEKEND FOR A TOTAL OF 88 VOTE CENTERS THAT WILL BE OPEN THROUGH ELECTION DAY. VOTE CENTERS ARE ALSO OPEN IN AMADOR, CALAVERAS, EL DORADO, NEVADA PLACE

With Election Day approaching, millions of voters have already cast early votes in the Golden State and across the United States. In California, there are several ways to cast a ballot. On Oct. 7, county election offices began mailing out ballots to registered voters. Mail-in ballots can be returned by mail, at drop-off locations or at county election offices.(Learn about a Sacramento County vote center in the video above.)This past weekend, 29 counties in California also opened vote centers, where residents can drop off their mail-in ballots, vote in person or register to vote and cast a ballot through the conditional voter registration process.Find a vote center or learn more here.Nov. 5 is Election Day. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in California. The secretary of state also helps you find your polling place via ZIP code. You can check that here.Once a ballot is cast, voters can track it here.Early voting tracking data provided by the University of Florida's Election Lab shows a surge this election season. That uptick can be attributed to both the Republican and Democratic parties embracing the practice. While the process varies by state, this data includes all reported returns where available from early in-person voting and absentee and mail-in ballots.See key early voting interactive maps below. Data will be updated daily through Election Day.In previous election cycles, like 2020 and 2022, Donald Trump was leery of early voting. This year, the GOP nominee has embraced it, recently saying on a podcast with Dan Bongino, "I am telling everybody to vote early."By Oct. 24, over a quarter of the voting-age population in Georgia had submitted their votes. The swing state is a crucial battleground, and was decided by a razor-thin margin of just over 11,700 votes in 2020.Traditionally, early turnout is higher among Democrats than Republicans. However, of the 26 states for which registration data is available, only 14 are reporting more early votes from registered Democrats than registered Republicans as of Oct. 24.A spike in the popularity of alternative voting methods is not new for this election. With pandemic fears and restrictions in 2020, 64% of voters cast their ballots in advance of Election Day. That's nearly twice as many as in 2016.For more information about the November election, including key issues and races on the ballot, check out the KCRA 3 Voter Guide.Find more political news from our national team here.

With Election Day approaching, millions of voters have already cast early votes in the Golden State and across the United States.

In California, there are several ways to cast a ballot. On Oct. 7, county election offices began mailing out ballots to registered voters. Mail-in ballots can be returned by mail, at drop-off locations or at county election offices.

(Learn about a Sacramento County vote center in the video above.)

This past weekend, 29 counties in California also opened vote centers, where residents can drop off their mail-in ballots, vote in person or register to vote and cast a ballot through the conditional voter registration process.

Find a vote center or learn more here.

Nov. 5 is Election Day. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in California. The secretary of state also helps you find your polling place via ZIP code. You can check that here.

Once a ballot is cast, voters can track it here.

Early voting tracking data provided by the University of Florida's Election Lab shows a surge this election season. That uptick can be attributed to both the Republican and Democratic parties embracing the practice. While the process varies by state, this data includes all reported returns where available from early in-person voting and absentee and mail-in ballots.

See key early voting interactive maps below. Data will be updated daily through Election Day.

In previous election cycles, like 2020 and 2022, Donald Trump was leery of early voting. This year, the GOP nominee has embraced it, recently saying on a podcast with Dan Bongino, "I am telling everybody to vote early."

By Oct. 24, over a quarter of the voting-age population in Georgia had submitted their votes. The swing state is a crucial battleground, and was decided by a razor-thin margin of just over 11,700 votes in 2020.

Traditionally, early turnout is higher among Democrats than Republicans. However, of the 26 states for which registration data is available, only 14 are reporting more early votes from registered Democrats than registered Republicans as of Oct. 24.

A spike in the popularity of alternative voting methods is not new for this election. With pandemic fears and restrictions in 2020, 64% of voters cast their ballots in advance of Election Day. That's nearly twice as many as in 2016.

For more information about the November election, including key issues and races on the ballot, check out the KCRA 3 Voter Guide.

Find more political news from our national team here.

Here’s a look at the early vote turnout in California, across the US

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