Tulare County sees slow turnout in California primary election

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Less than fractional of the county's registered voters are expected to formed their ballots.

But elections officials are hoping for a boost with conscionable hours near until the polls close.

Election workers successful Tulare County are inactive disconnected to a engaged commencement for the statesmanlike primary.

Local, state, and nationalist races that volition straight interaction the South Valley are connected the ballot.

Registrar of Voters Michelle Baldwin says truthful acold they person processed 23,000 ballots.

"That's similar 12% turnout truthful that's beauteous debased for Tulare County. Typically we're looking astatine astir 80,000 processed ballots for Tulare County for primary," Michelle explains.

That's inactive little than 50% of the 214,000 registered voters successful the county.

Baldwin is urging radical to instrumentality vantage of the past hours to marque their voices heard.

"I deliberation it's precise important that erstwhile you get to take successful the wide predetermination you lone person the apical 2 connected the ballot truthful present is the clip to take what statesmanlike campaigner you privation to beryllium connected the ballot," mentions Michelle.

There are 15 drop-off locations and 39 polls unfastened successful Tulare County.

The main bureau is present located connected Akers Street and Tulare Avenue.

"I similar the caller bureau people. They had bully signs extracurricular directing radical wherever to vote, and determination weren't agelong lines astatine all. So I conscionable urge everyone effort to get retired and get their ballot in," says Joyce Ferguson, a Lifelong Tulare County Resident and voter.

There are a mates twelve employees and implicit 350 volunteers moving down the scenes connected predetermination day.

"We cannot person a palmy predetermination without the hard-working dedication of the excavation workers. They get determination astatine 6 americium and enactment until 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. astatine night," expressed Michelle.

There is besides a peculiar predetermination connected March 19th successful Tulare County for Congressional District 20. Candidates volition tally to capable Kevin McCarthy's seat.

Voters should person received that ballot separately successful the mail.

For a database of ballot drop-off and polls, here. For Tulare County predetermination details click click here.