Monday, October 26, 2009
Early voting in the city election continues to climb, but almost two-thirds of those citizens with early ballots have yet to make up their minds.
Here's the latest, with numbers as of today:
A total of 68,102 ballots had been mailed to city voters. Of those, 24,802 ballots had been returned, which comes out to roughly 36 percent.
Party breakdown:
• 32,313 of those ballots went to Democrats; 12,249 of those ballots had been cast, for a return rate of roughly 38 percent.
• 21,683 of those ballots went to Republicans; 8,249 of those ballots had been cast, for a return rate of roughly 38 percent.
• 369 of those ballots went to Libertarians; 115 of those ballots had been cast, for a return rate of roughly 31 percent.
• 162 of those ballots went to Greens; 62 of those ballots had been cast, for a return rate of roughly 38 percent.
• 13,575 ballots had been sent to people who aren't registered with any of the above parties; 4,127 had been cast, for a return rate of roughly 30 percent.