Voter turnout well-below previous even-year primaries

June 3, 2014
Young Kim, a Republican candidate for the 65th District seat in the State Assembly, encourages volunteer workers inside her Buena Park office.

Young Kim, a Republican candidate for the 65th District seat in the State Assembly, encourages volunteer workers inside her Buena Park office.

(CNS) Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan reports that voter turnout was 8.86 percent as of 3 p.m., based on random sampling.

Logan says that figure is well-below the 12.7 percent of voters who had voted by 3 p.m. in the previous even-year primaries.