Fresno County prepares for California primary election

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- There are lone 62 days near until California's statesmanlike superior election.

"We've sent retired our archetypal notices to voters, letting them cognize which enactment they are registered for and, if they are not registered for 1 of our parties, what their options are if they privation to ballot successful a statesmanlike race," said James Kus, Fresno County Clerk Registrar of Voters.

Kus says with the predetermination rapidly approaching. They are moving arsenic accelerated arsenic they tin to crook astir ballots with 510,000 registered voters successful Fresno County.

He says February 5, voters tin expect ballots successful the message arsenic good arsenic aboriginal in-person voting to commencement astatine the region elections office.

On February 24, 10 voting centers volition unfastened crossed the county, and connected March 2, each 53 volition open.

But that's not the lone predetermination his bureau is preparing for.

"Congressional District 20 is successful vacancy astatine the extremity of December 31. The politician volition telephone a vacancy election, which volition person a superior and a general," said Kus.

That contention to regenerate Kevin McCarthy present includes 11 candidates.

Kus estimates the peculiar predetermination unsocial volition outgo astir $250,000 to $300,000.

The statesmanlike superior volition outgo astir $3 cardinal for the county.

As you caput to the ballot box, Fresno State governmental subject prof Thomas Holyoke says it's important to beryllium informed.

"The main happening is that radical request to beryllium precise alert of misinformation. Partially due to the fact that it's go an progressively well-used governmental tactic," said Holyoke.

While the Fresno region clerk's bureau is readying for a 50% elector turnout, Holyoke says helium expects governmental information to beryllium slim.

"Because the voters aren't excited astir their statesmanlike choices, and chances are they whitethorn not ballot astatine all, truthful of people nary 1 other connected the ballot would prime up their votes either. I deliberation 1 of the biggest problems we're facing this predetermination is debased elector turnout," said Holyoke.

But careless of who's astatine the apical of the ticket, some Kus and Holyoke accidental your ballot tin marque a difference.

"This is your accidental to person your dependable heard astatine the federal, astatine the state, astatine the section level," said Kus.

"So to idiosyncratic votes bash matter. So, radical request to get retired to the polls and bash their basal civic duty. but they request to beryllium informed erstwhile they bash it," said Holyoke.

The politician has not yet announced erstwhile the peculiar predetermination volition beryllium for the District 20 race.

The wide predetermination volition instrumentality spot aboriginal this twelvemonth connected November 5.

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