San Francisco Has New Early Voting Record

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco's elections director says the city had record turnout on the first weekend day that people could cast an early vote at a polling station in the upcoming election.

John Arntz says 700 people came to City Hall on Saturday to cast a ballot. That's up from a little over 600 on the first Saturday that early voting was available during the November 2008 election.

Arntz says the elections department has tripled the capacity of its voting center, so waiting times were at most a few minutes.