[lelandbatey]

Not everyone who is registered to vote actually votes (as in they do not mail in their ballot nor do they go in to physically vote). Which is I think the more likely case here.

[culi]

That 87% figure refers to the number of ballots that have been counted. What you're thinking of is the turnout (usually measured by % of VEP).

California, for example, has about 7 million ballots that haven't been processed