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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Over 800 caller ballots person been counted for the latest update connected the Fresno City Council District 5 race. Brandon Vang is inactive successful the pb with 2,277 votes, portion Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas trails with 1,588 votes. Behind her is Jose Leon Barraza with 559 votes.
“What’s going to hap isn’t wide yet,” Fresno County Clerk Registrar of Voters James Kus said.
No victor successful the contention for the vacant Fresno City Council District 5 spot. Tonight, the County Clerk provided the latest voting numbers.
“We've added implicit 800 ballots successful this update. And portion the wide results haven't changed, they person gone a small close,” Kus said.
Brandon Vang's pb implicit Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas grew by 102 votes from the latest update.
“If a campaigner receives a majority, 50% positive 1 ballot successful this election, they volition beryllium declared the winner,” Kus said.
YourCentralValley.com spoke to Jonasson Rosas astir the latest results. She said there’s much ballots to beryllium counted.
“In respect to each those radical that took the accidental to ballot and marque their dependable heard successful this election, we to marque definite that we number each those ballots,” Jonasson Rosas said.
YourCentralValley.com reached retired to Brandon Vang, but person not heard backmost from him. If there’s nary wide winner, Kus said, “We'll beryllium looking astatine a runoff election.”
However, Fresno County is inching person to adding a caller councilmember.
“We present person the bulk of ballots successful and lone immoderate precocious arriving ballots done the station bureau volition travel in. That means that we person to judge those ballots until adjacent Tuesday and past hold perchance to cure immoderate missing signatures oregon situation signatures,” Kus said.
“Taking the clip to marque definite that each those ballots that were postmarked, marque it successful and get counted is important for our democracy,” Jonasson Rosas said.
“We person to hold until April 4, Friday, April 4, to springiness a certified effect for this election,” Kus said.
The region clerk volition supply a caller update to the territory 5 contention connected Wednesday, March 26.
