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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Local preparations are present underway with 81 days until a imaginable peculiar predetermination connected legislature redistricting.
"This volition beryllium a challenge, but a precise doable challenge," Fresno County Clerk and Registrar of Voters James Kus told Action News.
He confirmed his bureau has already begun "basic work," specified arsenic reserving abstraction for ballot centers, and ordered immoderate materials, including envelopes.
Kus is expecting the authoritative telephone for a peculiar predetermination to travel adjacent Friday, the deadline acceptable by the Secretary of State's Office.
The timing is tight. State lawmakers are returning to Sacramento from their summertime recess connected Monday and person 5 days to finalize the projected maps.
"Only if the legislature approves those bills bash we person an election," Kus said. "Only if the proposition is approved during the predetermination would the redistricting really spell into effect."
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Changes to the districts could person large impacts connected the Valley, which is location to 3 of the state's 9 Republicans: Tom McClintock, whose spot stretches from parts of Fresno done the North Valley, David Valadao successful Hanford, and Vince Fong successful Bakersfield.
"That could each change," Kus said. "We could present beryllium sharing legislature districts with the Bay Area oregon going down toward the southbound with LA, alternatively than having ones that are precise Central Valley focused."
The rare, mid-decade redistricting effort comes arsenic President Donald Trump wants Texas to redraw its districts, asking the authorities to adhd 5 seats to the GOP's slim bulk successful Congress.
Governor Newsom wants to antagonistic it.
"Donald Trump, you person poked the bear, and we volition punch back," Newsom said. "We've got to conscionable occurrence with fire."
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Assembly Republicans judge redistricting should beryllium near to the autarkic committee approved by voters successful 2010, and accidental the Governor's program could outgo much than $235 million.
The California State Association of Counties is calling connected the authorities to money the predetermination successful full, successful advance, writing, "anything little volition unit counties to chopped halfway services - specified arsenic nationalist information and the societal information net."
"The timeframe is truthful compact that we don't judge we'll beryllium capable to spot immoderate savings," Kus said, "and we bash estimation the outgo volition beryllium astir $4 cardinal for this election."
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