Monterey County seeing record early voting numbers

More than 89-thousand ballots have been processed with just 6 days until election day, according to the Monterey County Election's Office.

The number represents 43% of voter turnout.

County Registrar of Voters Claudio Valenzuela said in a report to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, the number is more than double the amount of early ballots that had been returned with a week left in the 2016 election, 41,000.