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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Polling centers successful Fresno had radical from the national government, authorities government, and metropolis authorities each contiguous to marque definite the Proposition 50 ballot measurement went smoothly connected Tuesday.
But Fresno County's elections main says their beingness did not marque a difference.
"There is nary alteration to however we are moving this predetermination based connected immoderate azygous oregon immoderate perceiver radical being retired there," said Fresno County Registrar of Voters James Kus.
The Department of Justice announced successful precocious October that national observers will show polling sites successful 5 counties successful California, including Fresno County.
"I deliberation it's a bully happening to person antithetic observers travel retired to truly ticker our elections. For me, it conscionable gives much credibility to the process," shared Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig.
In effect to the DOJ, State Attorney General Rob Bonta, the Fresno City Attorney's Office, the Fresno County Democratic Party, and different section enactment volition person their ain observers.
"The assembly is precise acrophobic due to the fact that they were getting a batch of messages from their constituents that radical were tense astir going retired to immoderate of these polling locations due to the fact that of immoderate of the things that we've seen with ICE and different national agencies nationwide," added Fresno City Attorney Andrew Janz.
The Fresno City Attorney's Office and the Fresno County Democratic Party explicate that they went done grooming to beryllium an observer. "It's learning what your rights are, some arsenic a elector and arsenic an observer," elaborate Myra Coble, Volunteer Organizer for the Fresno County Democratic Party.
Coble says they're watching to guarantee voters are not intimidated oregon discouraged from voting successful immoderate way. "We consciousness similar we're determination arsenic a affable face, past they would consciousness much comfortable."
Kus says successful Fresno County, observers were fixed a lanyard that states that they are observers. Others, helium says, whitethorn person stickers that accidental the same.
Monitors were allowed to observe from wrong oregon extracurricular a polling site, but could not speech to voters 100 feet earlier oregon 20 feet aft casting their ballot.
