Satuday ballot returns show 2,502 ballots received today, which should make the total returned to 24,372 out of 103,058 issued. No surge yet. This gives a 23.6% return through today. In the Primary it was at 20%, so we are finally getting ahead. We are on track for a 33% turnout, but we do fully expect a surge. We will have a surge of votes in these final days - won't we? I'm lowering my guess to 42%, down from 44% yesterday. Shirley Forslof estimated 55% on Thursday. In 2003 - the year most similar to this year - we had 48%. Will update this guessing and trivia daily. As Shirley wrote, we hope the turnout is much higher and exceeds 55%.

Note: Above numbers are higher than those posted on Auditor page. I phoned on Saturday afternoon for latest, but still these are not exact.