County turnout about 18 percent; was about 80 percent in November

With about 90 percent of precincts reporter, voter turnout for Tuesday's special election was 17.75 percent, according to the County of Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's office. That's about 1 in 6 of the county's 4.1 million registered voters. In November's presidential election about 3.4 million people voted, or about 80 percent of registered voters.