Hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots already submitted in Bay Area

With fewer than three weeks to go until Election Day, Bay Area counties have already counted hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots, while some jurisdictions are already reporting receiving larger-than-normal quantities of returned ballots so early in election season.

In view of this year’s COVID-19 pandemic, which made in-person voting more problematic than in other years, California sent mail-in ballots to all its registered voters at least 29 days before the Nov. 3 election.