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California's 2020 & 2016 primaries had 47% participation, while non-Presidential primaries of 2022 had 33%, 2018 had 37%, & 2014 had 25% voter participation, with upward mail-in votes.
- Under Assembly Bill 5 (Chapter 250, Statutes of 2025), effective this year, counties are required to count and report most ballots by June 15, 2026.
- Certain ballot types, including provisional ballots, conditional voter registration ballots, signature cure ballots, ballots requiring duplication, ballots forwarded from other counties, and some late-arriving vote-by-mail ballots, are exempt from this deadline.
- California county elections officials have 30 days from Election Day to process these ballots.
- County elections officials must report their final results to the Secretary of State by July 3, 2026.
- The Secretary of State will certify the results by July 10, 2026.
| 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | 2026 as of 6/5/26 |
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| Voter participation |
9,687,076 | 7,285,230 | 7,719,218 | |
| Voter participation % | 46.9% | 33.2% | 34.9% | |
| Vote-by-mail | 6,982,750 | 6,647,212 | 6,841,984 | |
| Vote-by-mail % | 72.1% | 91.2% | 88.64% | |
| Precinct Voters | 2,704,326 | 638,018 | 877,234 | |
| Precinct Voters % | 27.9% | 8.7% | 11.3% | |
| Eligible to vote | 25,251,216 | 26,911,669 | 26,638,018 | |
| Registered to Vote 15 days before the election |
20,660,465 | 21,941,212 | 22,077,333 | 23,155,447 |
| 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | |
| Voter participation |
5,328,296 | 4,461,346 | 8,548,301 | 7,141,987 |
| Voter participation % |
31.1% | 25.2% | 47.72% | 37.54% |
| Vote-by-mail | 3,471,570 | 3,096,104 | 5,036,262 | 4,834,975 |
| Vote-by-mail % | 65.1% | 69.4% | 58.9% | 67.7% |
| Precinct Voters | 1,856,726 | 1,265,242 | 3,512,039 | 2,307,012 |
| Precinct Voters % | 34.8% | 30.6% | 41.1% | 32.3% |
| Eligible to Vote | 23,713,027 | 24,192,752 | 24,783,789 | 25,119,238 |
| Registered to Vote 15 days before the election |
17,153,699 | 17,722,006 | 17,915,053 | 19,023,417 |
- 2018 - Voter's Choice Act
Five California counties--Madera, Napa, Nevada, Sacramento, and San Mateo--implemented a new model of conducting elections for the first time during the June 5, 2018 Statewide Direct Primary Election. In these counties, every registered voter was mailed a ballot, and voters had the option of returning their ballot by mail, at a ballot drop box, or any vote center open in their county.
All five counties exceeded the statewide turnout rate of 37.5% - 2016 - This was the first statewide election in which vote-by-mail ballots postmarked on or before Election Day and received by county elections officials no later than 3 days after Election Day had to be processed.
Countywide turnout was lowest in Los Angeles (41.2%), Fresno (40.8%) & Kern (40.7%).
Countywide turnout was highest in Alpine (73.22%), Sierra (68.4%) and Nevada (68.3%). Sierra and Alpine are the only California counties that conduct elections entirely by mail.
- 2012 -
Countywide turnout was lowest in Los Angeles (21.8%), San Bernardino (23.7%) & Orange (26.5%).
Countywide turnout was highest in Sierra (59.2%), Alpine (58.6%) and Amador (57.1%). Sierra and Alpine are the only California counties that conduct elections entirely by mail.
The Secretary of State’s office does not issue, receive, or count ballots. State law requires elections officials in each of California’s 58 counties to process and count ballots, and transmit results to the Secretary of State’s office. The Secretary of State’s office compiles all of these results in the official Statement of Vote.
HISTORICAL VOTER REGISTRATION AND PARTICIPATION IN STATEWIDE PRIMARY ELECTIONS 1914 - 2014
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