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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) — Lines flowed retired the doorway astatine polling sites crossed Fresno County Monday.
Fresno County Clerk James Kus says, arsenic of that afternoon, they had a 35% elector turnout with 160,000 mail-in ballots and 10,000 in-person votes.
“We're truly engaged downtown today, and, really, that's existent crossed the county. We're having a large turnout,” Kus said.
Hundreds stood successful enactment passim the time arsenic unit worked to get them successful and retired of the polling presumption arsenic rapidly arsenic possible.
“If you privation to ballot successful idiosyncratic [Tuesday], I truly powerfully suggest coming retired earlier successful the day. We bash person unrecorded VBM (vote by mail) wherever you tin person it tabulated astatine the autobus center, but you volition person to hold successful enactment and motion in. So you're not going to velocity up your process precise much,” Kus said.
He says the champion mode to prevention clip is to driblet disconnected mail-in ballots successful 1 of the 67 driblet boxes crossed the county. However, for those who privation to ballot successful person, helium recommends showing up aboriginal arsenic anyone who gets successful enactment aft 8:00 p.m. volition not beryllium capable to vote.
He also warns against wearing electioneering material within 100 feet of the voting location.
Kus says they had to bring connected hundreds of employees to process the precocious ballot measurement this year, and helium appreciates radical for being diligent arsenic they hold successful line.
“We've got each of our full-time staff, of course, but we've added implicit 450 other assistance staff. They’re helping retired successful the field, helping astatine our warehouse, traveling astir the region to prime up materials,” Kus said.
As engaged arsenic his squad is, helium says the workload makes him excited.
“It's fantastic to spot everyone coming retired doing their civic duty,” Kus said.
He says helium is arrogant to spot truthful galore of his Fresno County neighbors casting their ballots.
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