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Sacramento County’s voter registration office says it has received about 17,000 fewer absentee ballots than usual, for the day before a primary election.

“We’ve mailed out over 400,000 absentee ballots and we got back 83,000. That’s only about a 20 percent return,” Sacramento County elections official Jill LaVine said.

Statewide, voters still have until Tuesday at 8 p.m. to cast their votes.

“I’m hoping that a huge crowd just swarms those polling places and we have a good turnout,” LaVine said.

“I’ve voted all my life. I don’t miss it,” voter Esther Lepisto, 91, said. Lepisto was once a poll worker.

Lepisto and her daughter, Jane, told FOX40 younger voters were not as interested in voting as prior generations.

“Young people don’t care,” Lespito said.

“Well they have more distractions, too,” her daughter added.

California typically has low voter turnouts, and some polling experts are predicting Tuesday’s primary may have the lowest voter turnout ever.

But this time, it’s not only age taking the blame. Some Sacramento voters told FOX40 they did not have passionate opinions of many of the measures.

“Look at the ballot. There aren’t many contests, being tested. And even look at the TV. How many ads have been on?” LaVine said.