Turnout
Turnout: The number of people attending or taking part in an event, especially the number of people voting in an election.
Definition
The number of people attending or taking part in an event, especially the number of people voting in an election. This number is typically reported as a percentage of the total number of voters in an election divided by the total number of registered voters in a given precinct or jurisdiction.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
The “total number of voters at an election as determined by the number of ballot cards tabulated by the computer or of paper ballots counted by the precinct officials, and shall include ballots that are blank or ballots that are rejected during tabulation for any reason; provided that when there is more than one ba llot card issued to each voter, ‘turnout’ means the total count of the candidate ballot cards tabul ated by the computer.” Hawaii Admin. Regs. §2- 51-1. This definition is at variance with that of VOTER TURNOUT in the Hawaii statutes.