Politics & Government
Fact Sheet: November 8 Solano County Elections
The Solano County Registrar of Voters released this fact sheet regarding the November 8 elections in the county
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With the upcoming Nov. 8 election coming closer, the Solano County Registrar of Voters released these set of interesting facts.
November 8, 2011 Consolidated Districts Election
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Election Parameters
Odd-year November elections are governed by the Uniform District Election Law (UDEL; Elections Code §§ 10500 – 10604); however, certain statutes for schools, cities, and special districts can deviate from UDEL statutes.
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Most, but not all, County voters have the opportunity to participate in the election. We have 199,311 registered voters and 193,618 (97.14 percent) may vote in one or more contests. The only areas not part of the election are Rio Vista and the unincorporated territory near it; the Davis Joint Unified School District; and the Winters Joint Unified School District. 127 voters in Napa County are also in the election as they are in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District.
Statistics (as of October 24, 2011)
October 21, 2011
Total
Total in the November 8 Election
Voter Registration
199,311
193,618
Democrat
97,620
95,192
Republican
51,305
49,328
American Independent
5,397
5,195
Green
850
818
Libertarian
939
647
Peace and Freedom
489
480
Other
761
744
Decline to State
(Non-Partisan)
41,949
40,945
Vote By Mail Ballots Issued
Permanent
96,727
VBM Precinct
5,039
Regular
358
Military/Overseas
908
Districts in the Election
City of Benicia
City of Fairfield
City of Vallejo
Benicia Unified School District
Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District
Travis Unified School District
Vacaville Unified School District
Vallejo Unified School District
Number of ballot styles: 18
Number of voting precincts: 113
Number of voting locations: 92
Number of mail-ballot precincts: 49
Total number of precincts: 162
Number of election workers: 471 poll workers, several standby/alternate poll workers; 13 roving inspectors; 11 full time staff; three extra-help staff, more likely.
Voter Turnout
- Voter turnout in previous UDEL
Year
Registered Voters
Precinct Voters
VBM Voters
Turnout
November 2009
188,603
15,364
39,366
29.02%
November 2007
155,295
19,498
37,067
36.42%
- Anticipated total voter turnout in this election: 35%, 67,766 voters; 75% of ballots cast will be by vote by mail voters (50,825), 16,941 poll voters
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