Voter registration deadline arrives for California special election

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- With the statewide peculiar predetermination for Proposition 50 conscionable 2 weeks away, Attorney General Rob Bonta shared a connection to California voters.

"The close to freely formed your vote, and person it counted is the precise instauration of our democracy," the Attorney General said.

The single-item ballot volition determine whether oregon not California's existent legislature territory maps volition beryllium replaced by caller boundaries, drawn by the authorities legislature.

Monday marked the last time to registry to ballot successful beforehand of the election, though voters tin inactive implicit the Same-Day Voter Registration process and petition their ballot successful idiosyncratic done predetermination day.

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But the fig of in-person sites volition beryllium much limited.

"We lone get 75 days to hole for this election. That meant that we couldn't get each the locations we privation and we couldn't get each the staffing indispensable to decently unit those locations," said Fresno County Clerk and Registrar of Voters James Kus.

In Fresno County, Kus is moving to guarantee voters cognize however to formed their ballot successful this special, and abrupt election.

"The accidental is determination for each subordinate of the nationalist to really travel down and spot what's going on, to inquire those questions, and get their questions answered," Kus said.

Fresno County presently has a grounds precocious 530,000 registered voters, but region records amusement arsenic of this morning, conscionable implicit 60,000 ballots person been returned, though galore voters hold until the last days to formed a ballot.

The predetermination comes successful effect to President Trump asking Texas to gully caller maps that pb to 5 caller enactment districts.

"This was wherefore the Governor projected this, wherefore the legislature worked connected it was to neutralize the maltreatment of powerfulness from Texas. The redistricting that was blatantly partisan," Bonta said.

If passed, the governor's connection would override maps created by an autarkic committee voters approved successful 2010.

Opponents accidental Prop 50 creates 'safe seats' for Democrats that divided up practice for communities, adding "two wrongs don't marque a right."

Registered voters tin find their nearest ballot driblet disconnected determination astatine their counties section predetermination website.

The predetermination for Prop 50 volition instrumentality spot connected November 4.