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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno City Council President Mike Karbassi has dropped his bid to beryllium the county's elections main to alternatively tally for the Fresno County Board of Supervisors.
"Right now, I negociate a territory with 75,000 people," Karbassi told Action News. "I'm prepared to negociate a territory with 200,000 people."
Karbassi joins a crowded tract vying to correspond District 1. The incumbent, Brian Pacheco, is leaving his spot to tally for the State Assembly.
Karbassi present wants to correspond Kerman, Mendota, and Firebaugh.
"I've met the mayors of the antithetic cities, and I cognize the issues facing them successful each of their communities," helium said.
But conscionable weeks ago, Karbassi began campaigning to regenerate Fresno County Clerk and Registrar of Voters James Kus implicit claims of "zombie ballots."
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"There are folks retired determination who reported receiving duplicate ballots. Not conscionable 1 oregon two, but adjacent more," Karbassi said astatine a property league successful precocious October. "All preventable by due elector rotation management, which is thing that hasn't happened successful the past six years."
Action News pressed Karbassi connected Thursday. "If you judge what you said then, and you accidental you inactive judge it now, wherefore not support moving for that contention wherever you could oversee (elections) day-to-day?"
"I tin also, successful summation to fixing elections successful this county, I tin proceed to woody with the issues of infrastructure, issues of postulation safety," Karbassi said.
He vows oversight of Kus, who responded to Karbassi's caller run hours later.
"Looking astatine the Board of Supervisors, besides a legislative position, I deliberation that's a presumption that whitethorn acceptable Mr. Karbassi a small amended than a section caput presumption similar region clerk," Kus said.
The back-and-forth is apt to continue.
"If you are elected to beryllium a supervisor, would you person connection with him oregon whoever the person of that bureau is?" Action News asked Karbassi.
"I'll archer you this, if helium wants his fund approved, he's going to person to reply questions, and I'm going to beryllium asking questions," Karbassi said.
Kus is not backing down.
"If Mike Karbassi is elected arsenic the supervisor for supervisor country one, we're going to beryllium precise blessed to enactment with him and reply his questions," Kus said.
The superior predetermination for the 2 races is inactive astir six months away.
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