With just two weeks left until the Nov. 4 special election, counties across the Bay Area are seeing strong interest from voters.

In San Mateo County, six locations opened for a total of eight voting centers where voters can show up and vote in person already.

Colma’s City Clerk has been bracing for a turnout like this.

“For me, it’s exciting to see people come out and vote, because we don’t always get a lot of turnout, so seeing all this interest is great,” said Michelle Estabillo with the Colma City Clerk.

She says the national political climate over redistricting efforts in red states seems to be driving the voters’ excitement on both sides of the issue.

That’s something Governor Gavin Newsom talked about just two days ago in a prop-50 event in San Jose.

“It just reinforces that th

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