Riverside County Registrar of Voters today launched an early voting effort that will last through the weekend.

More than 850 voters had been cast by 3 p.m., according to the registar’s office. That includes at least 380 voters who make their voices heard at Westfield Palm Desert.

The shopping mall is the only early voting booth offered in the desert.

The Westfiled voting booth will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

If you can’t make it but want to vote early, you have until Tuesday to request a vote-by-mail ballot.

For more information, contact the registrar’s office at (951) 486-7200.