{"id":509666,"date":"2026-10-27T16:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/509666\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T16:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:42:09","slug":"kern-co-says-discarded-cases-in-viral-image-are-old-voting-booths-not-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/509666\/","title":{"rendered":"Kern Co. says discarded cases in viral image are old voting booths, not ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIED, CA \u2014 The Kern County Elections Office says an image circulating on social media does not show what some online viewers may believe it does.<\/p>\n<p>The image reportedly shows cases labeled &#8220;County of Kern Elections Division&#8221; in an area where trash was discarded. <\/p>\n<p>The Elections Office says it wants to clarify that these cases do not contain vote-by-mail ballots. Instead, officials say the cases are outdated voting booths that have not been used for more than 20 years and are unrelated to the county&#8217;s current election processes or voting technology.<\/p>\n<p>The Elections Office says it appreciates the public&#8217;s vigilance and reaffirms its commitment to the integrity and security of every election.<\/p>\n<p>For questions or concerns contact the Kern County Elections Division at (661) 868-3590 or email elections@kerncounty.com. Additional information is available on the county&#8217;s official Election Integrity webpage at KernVote.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIED, CA \u2014 The Kern County Elections Office says an image circulating on social media does not show&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-509666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}