*Not even a media blitz for Election Day can lure voters

In an early sample of voter turnout in Los Angeles County, about 8.10 percent of eligible voters voted, according to the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. The Feb. 5 Presidential Primary Election showed nearly 20 percent at the same time period. Past samplings ranged from 9.51 percent in 2002 to 11.84 percent in 2006.
*UPDATE:Sampling this afternoon pegged turnout as 17.72 percent as compared to 38.32 percent Feb. 5.