Low voter turnout in Orange County

On the morning after the general election, workers are still sorting the vote-by-mail ballots at the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Lois Law, 80, a retired accountant from San Clemente helps with the sorting of vote-by-mail ballots on the morning after the general election at the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Against a backdrop of empty ballot boxes, workers at the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana go through the supplies, signs, stickers and paper leftover from polling places.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

On the morning after the general election, workers are still sorting the vote-by-mail ballots at the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)