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By the Numbers: California's June 2014 Election

17,722,006

Californians registered to vote in the June 3 primary election

22,353

Precincts throughout the state's 58 counties

8.8 million

Vote-by-mail ballots issued, as reported by county elections officials

3,749,215

Voters registered with no political party preference (21% of registered voters)

5,036,610

Voters registered with Republican Party preference (28% of registered voters)

7,692,670

Voters registered with Democratic Party preference (43% of registered voters)

153

Legislative and congressional seats up for election: 20 State Senate (all even-numbered districts), 80 State Assembly, 53 U.S. House of Representatives

32

Number of candidates with no party preference. There is also one nonpartisan statewide contest – Superintendent of Public Instruction – which does not list candidates’ party preferences

50

Number of certified write-in candidates for constitutional, legislative and congressional contests

69%

Highest turnout percentage of registered voters in a non-presidential primary (1978)

28%

Lowest turnout percentage of registered voters in a non-presidential primary (2008)

28

Days county elections officials have to complete vote-tallying and auditing after election day

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