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Related: About this forumthis tracker will be updated as the day goes on: over 9.1 million votes so far... or 41%
We have passed 9.1 million ballots cast in the recall election. Get the tracker here
being updated all day.
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this tracker will be updated as the day goes on: over 9.1 million votes so far... or 41% (Original Post)
IcyPeas
Sep 2021
OP
That would be a laughably low turnout in most countries. But they haven't received them all yet.
PSPS
Sep 2021
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hlthe2b
(108,323 posts)1. Wow... 41% of ballots returned to date--that's no low turn-out election.
PSPS
(14,354 posts)2. That would be a laughably low turnout in most countries. But they haven't received them all yet.
Here are the 10 countries with the highest rates of voter turnout:
Belgium (87.21%)
Sweden (82.61%)
Denmark (80.34%)
Australia (78.96%)
South Korea (77.92%)
Netherlands (77.31%)
Israel (76.10%)
New Zealand (75.65%)
Finland (73.14%)
Hungary (71.65%)
The US ranks 26th.
hlthe2b
(108,323 posts)3. THose are general elections. I'm talking recall election and not even an off-year election
Earlier predictions were worrying, suggesting less than 30%
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)6. California turnout was 70.8% in 2020
which is higher than the US as a whole (66%).
Unwind Your Mind
(2,236 posts)4. I dropped our two more in the box this morning

Demovictory9
(34,602 posts)5. thank you