As voters head to the polls today in the special election for the vacant seat formerly held by U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos, the campaign for Democrat Jackie Speier says it is busy working its last-minute get-out the vote operations.

“We’re doing the little things to get this done,” said Alex Tourk, the campaign manager for Speier, the two-term former state Senator who is the heavy favorite to win the seat.

Tourk said the campaign has a “robust” get-out-the vote effort in place, with volunteers on the ground and about 50 people working the phone lines.

He said that turnout had been light so far and that as of Monday evening 50,000 to 55,000 people had submitted absentee ballots.

Speier faces marginal opposition for the seat. Also running is Democrat Michelle McMurry, Republicans Greg Conlon, a former state Public Utilities Commission Chairman and Mike Moloney, and Green Party candidate Barry Hermanson. If Speier can win more than 50 percent of the ballots cast she will avoid a June runoff with the top Republican vote-getter.

Tourk said that the campaign had pursued a “50-plus-1” strategy, and that “I feel like we’ve done everything we can to get there and time will tell.”

Polls close at 8:00 PM.

“We should know something” by 8:15, Tourk said.