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# Santa Monica Voters Cast Fewer Council Votes Than Seats Available
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/undervoted/
- Published: 2004-06-01T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:28:02.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Santa Monica voters consistently vote for fewer City Council seats than are available. Here is a breakdown by year of election and votes cast.

Year seats open ballots cast possible votes votes cast 1998 3 33,026 99,081 74,654 2000 4 42,659 170,636 115,800 2003 3 30,853 92,559 70,777

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 1, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/060104.pdf?ref=smdp.com)