Ballots with incorrect political party preferences sent out in Fresno County

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Data from the Secretary of State's bureau amusement that Republicans saw an summation successful registered voters from January 2020 to January 2024. But Democrats inactive outweigh Republicans successful California.

With voters changing governmental preferences, voters are urged to treble cheque that each the accusation connected their ballot is correct.

The March 5 Primary is conscionable weeks away. While immoderate voters are engaged researching candidates, others are trying to straighten retired a glitch.

Fresno County predetermination officials said they've received respective calls from radical that got a ballot with the incorrect enactment preference.

"In each predetermination we commencement the process mailing retired our vote-by-mail ballots months up of time," said James Kus, the County Clerk advertisement Registrar of Voters.

County Clerk James Kus says it's a concern that happens each year, particularly during a statesmanlike predetermination cycle.

"That means immoderate elector who makes a change, usually that's a sanction oregon code change, but for this election, it includes governmental party," said Kus.

"We person to really update that accusation and nonstop retired a 2nd ballot oregon get different ballot going to that voter."

It tin instrumentality astir 7 days for that caller ballot, with the updated information, to amusement up. Kus tells Action News they effort to propulsion backmost the archetypal ballot earlier it's adjacent sent out. But due to the fact that of timing, sometimes that's not possible.

"Every year, we endeavor to get the fig of folks that get the incorrect ballot oregon fig of voters who extremity up with much than 1 ballot to beryllium smaller and smaller and smaller," said Kus."

Melissa Varela and Bradley Norris some got their ballots successful the mail. They said they're going to beryllium double-checking their information.

"I ne'er truly thought that similar immoderate of the accusation could beryllium incorrect," said Norris. "I conscionable assumed that if it shows up successful my mailbox, it should beryllium right. But present I will."

Ballots for the March 5 superior predetermination were already sent out. But with the peculiar Congressional District 20 Election connected March 19, voters should beryllium connected the lookout for a 2nd ballot.

"It's going to beryllium coming successful antithetic colored envelopes," said Kus. "It's a different-sized ballot. It has a unsocial colour compared to the colors connected the enactment ballots."

Kus said if radical privation to alteration their governmental enactment preference, they tin inactive bash so. Voters tin travel down to the Election Office oregon telephone if they request assistance with their ballots.

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