That’s the word from Secretary of State Bruce McPherson, who today certified the results of the June 6 primary election.

The turnout of registered voters was one of the lowest ever, compared most recently to 50.1% turnout in the November 2005, and a record high of 76.04% of registered voters turning out for the November 2004 election. Of course, those were not primary elections– usually the nadir in the world of elections.

Also of interest in today’s announcement by McPherson: the growing use of the absentee ballot. Almost 47% of the ballots on June 6 were cast ahead of time.