Hundreds of voter guides found in Tower District dumpster, Fresno election officials say
Hundreds of Fresno County voter guides were recovered Friday from a Tower District recycling dumpster, election officials reported.
The Fresno County Registrar of Voter’s office was notified shortly before 4 p.m. Friday that about 200 copies of county voter information guides and four copies of state voter guides were found in the recycling dumpster.
No ballots were discarded, the registrar’s office said.
The voter guides were properly mailed through the U.S. Postal Service. Elections officials were working to determine which voters were affected to quickly send new copies of the Fresno County voter guides in the coming days.
The Registrar of Voters is working with local, state and federal officials to determine how the voting materials ended up in the dumpster and to prevent similar incidents from occurring again.
The Fresno County incident comes on the heels of ballot errors discovered in Merced County. There, ballots in the cities of Merced, Los Banos and Gustine were missing certain local races or included incorrect candidates. The Merced County Elections Office said the errors occurred because of mapping issues after new district lines were drawn earlier this year.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8.