Nearly 100 stolen special election ballots found in Sacramento homeless encampment, officials say

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A regular cleanup of a stateless encampment successful Sacramento County has present turned into a transgression investigation.

Hundreds of pieces of stolen message and astir 100 pieces of voting worldly were found.

The blank ballots are for the upcoming statewide peculiar predetermination connected Proposition 50, wherever voters volition determine whether to redraw California's legislature districts with the intent of adding Democratic seats successful Congress.

Sheriff's deputies accidental they were recovered scattered crossed the site.

They were collected and returned to the elector registration department, wherever predetermination officials accidental the ballots were voided and won't count.

New ballots volition instantly beryllium sent to affected voters.

The stateless encampment was abandoned by the clip deputies arrived truthful investigators accidental determination volition beryllium a batch of backtracking to fig retired who's responsible.

"It's a large woody and it's an undertaking. So this is thing that volition enactment successful conjunction with the station bureau arsenic well..." said Sgt. Amar Gandhi, a spokesperson for the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office. "Whether it's message successful oregon immoderate different method, marque definite you're taking the steps to way it and making definite your ballot counts."

Every progressive registered elector successful California volition person a vote-by-mail ballot for the November 4 election.

If you don't person one, you should interaction your region elections office.

The past time to registry to ballot is Monday, October 20.