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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A cardinal to unfastened a Fresno County ballot driblet container was recovered near successful the fastener by a subordinate of the public, according to Fresno County's Registrar of Voters.
The key, utilized by Fresno County predetermination officials to entree Ballot Drop Boxes, was recovered inactive successful the fastener astatine the driblet container adjacent Fancher Creek Elementary School successful southeast Fresno. The cardinal has since been recovered by unit with the Fresno County Registrar of Voters.
According to Fresno County, the container was Ballot Drop Box 1063 and was past serviced astatine 10 a.m. connected Thursday. Officials accidental this incidental "is the archetypal clip that a Ballot Drop Box has been near unsecured by Election unit members owed to quality error."
When the contented was reported, officials accidental they secured the driblet container and the materials wrong and returned it to the Elections Department Warehouse for processing. Another ballot container with a caller locking mechanics volition beryllium installed astatine Fancher Creek Elementary.
Any voters who near their ballot astatine the Ballot Drop Box connected Thursday tin interaction the Fresno County Elections Department toll-free astatine 844-977-8683 to find retired if their ballot has been received.
The squad that near the cardinal successful the fastener astatine Ballot Drop Box 1063 has been "relieved of their Ballot Drop Box servicing duties," officials add.
