More than 4 million California voters have sent in their Prop. 50 ballots so far

California voters are turning in their ballots for the special election on redistricting at a faster rate at this point in the election — about a week out before Election Day — than in previous elections, according to one prominent data analyst.

But it’s too soon to say whether that will mean a higher voter turnout overall for the special election.

Over 4.5 million ballots were cast, either by mail or in person, as of Sunday, Oct. 26, according to the California secretary of state’s office.

The secretary of state’s office sent more than 23.2 million vote-by-mail ballots to registered voters in recent weeks. Eligible voters who did not register to vote by the regular deadline, and therefore weren’t sent a mail-in ballot, may have cast a conditional or provisional ballot in person instead