More than 18,500 Nassau County voters have already cast their ballots for the Nov. 4 election, lodging their choices for county executive, district attorney and several other races in what officials say is a higher turnout than four years ago.

Of the nearly 1 million active voters in Nassau, the election could be determined by a select few. In 2021, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman defeated then-incumbent Laura Curran by 2,150 votes. Voter turnout for local elections averages about 30%, compared to about 70% for presidential elections, according to Mike Dawidziak, a pollster and Republican political strategist.

"Most people don’t even know there’s an election coming up," Dawidziak told Newsday earlier this month. "They’re going to hear far more about the New York City races than ra

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