Several vote centers now open across Fresno County

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - This weekend, 10 ballot centers opened crossed Fresno County for vale assemblage members to formed their ballots up of Election Day. 

Fresno County Clerk James Kus said in-person voting started disconnected with a bang. 

"Our ballot centers person been precise engaged yesterday and contiguous to commencement disconnected our in-person voting astatine the for this November 5th Election," Kus said Sunday. "We've had astir 10 times arsenic galore voters these archetypal 2 days arsenic we'd had successful the statesmanlike superior this year. So, a truly bully start."

Kus explained anyone who plans connected heading to a ballot halfway should get aboriginal and debar wearing immoderate run apparel that supports a circumstantial candidate.  

"I emotion that our voters are truly excited astir candidates. But don't travel into a ballot halfway oregon to a driblet container wearing materials for a candidate," helium noted. "Electioneering is amerciable successful California and you volition beryllium asked to region the worldly we cannot assistance a elector who has predetermination worldly on."

Election Coordinator Maryann Dunkin said workers astatine the ballot centers tin assistance with a assortment of antithetic services.  

“If your canine chewed your envelope up oregon whatever, we tin get you a caller envelope oregon if you can't find your ballot altogether and you are inactive successful the strategy and you're inactive a regular registered voter, yeah, we tin people you a caller ballot," she explained. 

Sandra Friesen is 1 of the vale assemblage members who decided to ballot astatine a Fresno County ballot center. 

She said she has been voting for arsenic agelong arsenic she tin remember, but this twelvemonth was other special.

“I was precise excited," she smiled. "I had my granddaughter, who is present 19, conscionable me. She's voting for the archetypal time."

Friesen said voting is not conscionable astir tradition. She besides believes it is simply a civic duty.

“I privation to thatch my children to commencement voting and my grandchildren erstwhile they're able. And that's what we've been doing," she said. 

Fresno County volition unfastened 43 much voting centers the play earlier Election Day.