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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A striking split-screen unfolding earlier the cameras extracurricular City Hall.
Council President Mike Karbassi, successful 1 of his archetypal events arsenic a campaigner to beryllium the county's predetermination chief, criticized the incumbent and his opponent, James Kus.
Kus was close there, watching successful an unplanned visit. He told Action News helium recovered retired astir the lawsuit and wanted to locomotion implicit from his bureau successful downtown Fresno.
"In November of 2024, 300 voters successful our region received incorrect ballots earlier the predetermination was certified," Karbassi said.
Karbassi, taking Kus to task, highlights everything from that ballot blunder Action News archetypal broke, to a dangling cardinal near successful an predetermination container and what helium calls "zombie ballots."
"There are folks retired determination who reported receiving duplicate ballots. Not conscionable 1 oregon two, but adjacent more," Karbassi said. "All preventable by due elector rotation management, which is thing that hasn't happened successful the past six years."
Kus past counterprogrammed Karbassi by holding an impromptu Q&A and speaking adjacent longer.
This time, the Council President lasting successful the back.
"I deliberation this benignant of shows wherever Mr. Karbassi doesn't recognize the ineligible requirements successful the predetermination process," Kus said.
The elections' main firing backmost connected the alleged "zombie ballots."
"Every clip they update their name, their address, their governmental party, we are required by instrumentality to nonstop them a caller ballot," helium said.
The tense back-and-forth each unfolding with conscionable 1 week until Election Day.
90,000 voters successful Fresno County unsocial person already formed their ballots.
And present the Department of Justice is preparing to nonstop national predetermination monitors to section polls.
"The crushed wherefore they people america is due to the fact that of these issues. And that needs to beryllium discussed," Karbassi said.
In an unprecedented move, Karbassi is directing voters to interaction him astir predetermination issues, adjacent mounting up a designated signifier connected his run website. He says he's already heard from residents.
"It's not mislaid connected immoderate of america that the Fresno County Clerk and Registrar is present now. Has determination been immoderate communication? Have you raised these issues to him directly?" Action News asked.
"Nope. We've lone talked a mates of times," Karbassi responded.
The existent elections' main appearing unmoved done it all.
"We are unfastened and acceptable to invited immoderate observer, whether it beryllium state, local, oregon federal," Kus said.
After raising each those concerns, Karbassi tells Action News helium would not beryllium observing the polls himself connected Election Day.
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