Early poll checks

Political analysts say some initial poll checks (which differ from exit poling) shows it will be a light tunout election _ slightly more than 15 percent. That's low, but nowhere near the record lows. It also showed that absentee ballots represent about 38 percent of all votes.
The heaviest voting is in African-American and Latino areas, which are slightly higher than the city as a whole.
Howefver, one out of six votes is coming from the 5th Council District, which includes portions of the San Fernando Valley and where five candidates are fighting to succeed Councilman Jack Weiss.
Campaign adviosrs to Weiss, who is running for City Attorney, have said they believe he will do better than many believe in the 5th District.
The poll checks also say that Measure B, the solar initiative will pass comfrotably.