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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Councilmember Mike Karbassi announced helium volition beryllium moving for Fresno County Clerk to bring immoderate transparency to the voting strategy and "trust" to voters.
Karbassi announced helium volition beryllium moving for Fresno County Clerk, a presumption presently held by James A. Kus. Karbassi says his determination comes aft the County Clerk took "forever to number the results" during past year's election, and besides sent "hundreds of ballots to voters that aren't eligible to ballot successful that election."
At the time, Kus said the crushed wherefore it took truthful agelong to number the ballots was due to the fact that the elector turnout was "higher than expected." In 2024, Kus reported that 295 radical voted successful the incorrect ballot due to the fact that of a quality error.
Although backmost then, Kus said this incidental did not impact immoderate race, Karbassi says the County Clerk's effect was "to support it connected the downlow," and states that elected officials request to beryllium transparent with the voters and instrumentality accountability to summation their trust, which is wherefore Karbassi says helium wants to tally for County Clerk.
If elected, Karbassi states helium plans to reconstruct people's spot successful the strategy and present "safe and unafraid elections with accelerated results." Although helium understands helium is not arsenic experienced arsenic Kus, Karbassi said determination is "a request for thing better," and helium wants to connection that prime to the voters.
"If you are losing keys to ballot boxes, if you are taking everlastingly to number votes, if you are sending hundreds of ballots retired to voters that shouldn't beryllium voting and are voting illegally, that's not doing the occupation well," helium said. "Fresno County deserves better."
Karbassi is moving for the archetypal contested predetermination since Kus became Assistant County Clerk successful 2021 and was aboriginal appointed arsenic County Clerk. He represents District 2 successful the City of Fresno.
