The 2022 primary elections are underway, and many are eagerly casting their votes at their local polling stations in California.
California’s two-party system allows for the top two contenders in the primaries to advance to the general election on Nov. 8. However, if a candidate receives 50 percent of the vote or more during the primaries, they win outright and won’t appear on the ballot in November.
Voters in California have the option to cast their ballots at polling locations as well as drop off a mailed-in ballot.
Voters turn in their ballots at Irvine City Hall in Irvine, Calif., on Jan 7, 2022. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
On Tuesday morning, Sacramento clerks recorded that over 163,000 people have turned in their ballots, or roughly 19 percent of voter turnout. Statewide, ballot returns were only at 15 percent prior to election day—a relatively low number compared to the historic voter turnout during the 2020 general election that saw 17.8 million ballots. In total, California has 21 million registered voters—the most in the United States….