The election by the numbers

Here are some facts and figures surrounding this year's elections in Hennepin County and Minneapolis. All numbers cited for Hennepin County include the Minneapolis figures.

Registered voters: Hennepin County, 707,000; Minneapolis, 230,000

Precincts: Hennepin County, 425; Minneapolis, 131

Optical-scan voting systems: Hennepin County, 550; Minneapolis, 144

AutoMARK voting machines: Hennepin County, 475; Minneapolis, 144

Absentee ballots (as of Thursday): Hennepin County, about 20,000 accepted and 11,000 not yet returned; Minneapolis, 4,300

Pens for election workers: Hennepin County, 30,000; Minneapolis, 14,500

Turnout in 2006 state election: Hennepin County, 64 percent; Minneapolis, 58 percent