Was your ballot impacted? Voter drop box left unsecured at Fresno school for 7 hours

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno County voters who utilized a driblet container successful Southeast Fresno volition privation to double-check if their ballots are counted.

The Fresno County Elections Department says a cardinal for the driblet container astatine Fancher Elementary School was near successful the fastener for implicit 7 hours, leaving the container unsecured with the accidental for ballots to beryllium stolen.

Someone recovered the cardinal astatine 5:30 p.m. connected Thursday. Officials said it was near successful the fastener aft the container was past serviced astatine 10 americium earlier that day.

Officials accidental the cardinal and what was wrong the driblet container were recovered. However, the region did not springiness nonstop details connected the information of the materials inside.

Anyone who dropped a ballot disconnected successful this container connected Thursday should interaction the Fresno County Elections Department to guarantee their ballot was received.

The affected driblet container volition beryllium closed until it tin beryllium rekeyed. Until that enactment is completed, voters are asked to usage different locations, with the closest being the Sunnyside Library.

The two-person squad progressive successful this incidental has been relieved of their ballot driblet container servicing duties.

The County Clerk/Registrar of Voters says each different driblet container servicing teams volition present person further grooming and, effectual immediately, volition beryllium required to seizure photographic records to amusement that boxes are locked and keys are accounted for.

Officials added this is the archetypal clip since they started utilizing ballot driblet boxes successful 2019 that 1 has been near unsecured.

You tin way your ballot online here.