[ambrose]

As for the absentee vote in CA being 30 to 40%, that is total nonsense.

[Shaking my head in disbelief]

[CdMGuy]

To be precise about it, per the Secretary of State's web site, the percentage of absentee ballots in CA has been increasing each year. In the 2002 state-wide election, a total of 27.09% of the ballots were cast by mail. This is a historical high and an increase from 17.15% from 1992. In 1982, 6.51% of all ballots were absentee.

So, the number is higher than I thought and lower than you thought.