SoCal voters have already cast millions of early ballots ahead of Election Day

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Millions of California voters cast their ballots by mail or drop-off in the days leading up to Tuesday's election.

More than 600 vote centers opened in Los Angeles County this weekend.

As of Monday, Los Angeles County officials estimated that 1.7 million votes had already been cast — about 30% of the county's registered voters. Voters in LA County can cast their ballot at any voting center, regardless of where they live. Because there are many races, officials are urging voters to bring their mail-in ballots, which have been mailed to every registered voter.

LA County Registrar/Recorder Dean Logan says the sample ballots have a QR code that can be used for quick verification at the polling place.

Around 300,000 votes have been cast in San Bernardino County so far. In Riverside County, 460,000; Ventura County, 210,000; and Orange County, 780,000. For the OK, that's 42% of registered voters, the highest voter turnout in the region to date.

“We've been processing ballots since Oct. 8, so we have people who were working yesterday, today keeping track of processing mail-in ballots and serving in-person voters,” Orange County Registrar of Voters Bob Page said. “We increased the number of vote centers we had yesterday from 38 in the first week to 184 yesterday.”