2000 and 2004 were Presidential elections. 2006 was a midterm. Turnout was pert near average for a midterm election, down about 3.5% from 2002. See the numbers for yourself here. Keep in mind the following: turnout doesn't always include absentee ballots. Don't rely on what the California MSM tells you. Earlier in the thread, I pointed out where the SF Chronic blatantly lied about turnout.
This might interest you. If you estimate #'s in the blue-shaded categories based on history, it says there are about a million more ballots to be counted, in addition to the 577K that they identify.
http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/gg2006_unproc_ballot_status.pdf