FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — With California’s special election now one day away, Fresno County’s Election Warehouse is ramping up.<\/p>\n
“Things are very busy,” County Clerk and Registrar of Voters James Kus told Action News on Monday. “We’re continuing with our solid turnout.”<\/p>\n
Kus confirms nearly 130,000 Fresno County voters have already cast their ballots.<\/p>\n
Almost all of the county’s vote centers are now open.<\/p>\n
“We have 26 locations plus our downtown office, and we will be opening a one-day pop-up in Mendota open from 7 AM until 8 PM,” Kus said.<\/p>\n
Voters are deciding on Proposition 50, the state’s effort to draw new congressional lines that would temporarily favor Democrats after Republicans acted first in Texas.<\/p>\n
“We really need to see what happens today and tomorrow,” Kus said.<\/p>\n
Voters have until 8 p.m. Tuesday to get in line or use a white ballot drop box.<\/p>\n
The deadline to return ballots by mail is even earlier. They must be postmarked on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“You can go to the U.S. Postal Service, but you should be going inside and getting your envelope postmarked,” Kus said.<\/p>\n
After the polls close, the race to count all the ballots begins. The first results are expected at 8 PM, followed by at least two updates later that night.<\/p>\n
“Because this is a shorter ballot, I do hope to have 95 to 97 percent of all ballots counted and tabulated, and the results provided by next Wednesday,” Kus said.<\/p>\n
As the tabulation is underway, election observers will be watching. Local, state, and even federal officials are expected.<\/p>\n
“They can raise questions and potentially challenge a process itself based on the law, but they cannot challenge a voter or any of our ballots,” Kus said.<\/p>\n
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