Polling Stations Brace for Record Number of Registered Voters

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Michael Krasny

Nov 6, 2018 at

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A woman places her ballot paper in the box during early voting for the mid-term elections in Sylmar, California on November 3, 2018. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

Nearly 20 million Californians are registered to vote in Tuesday’s election. That’s more than 78 percent of eligible voters and it’s the highest number of registered voters ever in the state. Forum takes your voter registration and Election Day questions and we’ll check in on how smoothly the voting process is going in the Bay Area.

KQED’s Complete Election Coverage

Guests:

Kim Alexander, president and founder, California Voter Foundation<br />

Jim Irizarry, assistant chief elections officer, San Mateo County

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