Bay Area counties report surge in early voting as polls are set to open Tuesday

With about 12 hours to go before the polls open in California, more than 2.7 million Bay Area voters had already cast ballots. 

Statewide, more than 11.2 million of California’s more than 21 million registered voters had already voted. Nationwide, the number was approaching 100 million by Monday evening — almost 70% of the 136.5 million people who voted in 2016.