keith raper dropped off his ballot and his wife's today.need to replace the former super vise sore who resigned after charges of misuse of funds. >> i'm not sure where to go with that. >> reporter: voting is a good start. the district is off to a slow start. they say only 15% of registered voters had cast ballots. the registrar and many voters told us special elections are difficult with only one issue. >> i thought there were lots of things to do, to vote for. when i opened it, it was just one. >> reporter: getting out the vote was the top thing for both candidates. >> i think if people knew that the board of supervisors knew that they managed the hospitals they'd be more inclined to vote. >> reporter: candidate teresa allobar are a do agrees. >> all the distractions, the mail, the volume of mail people have been bombarded with is unprecedented. >> reporter: some voters are optimistic. >> the day is not over. there could be a string of cars behind me. >> reporter: not many behind him considering there are 118,000 voters in the district t.p