The registrar’s office announced early conclusions that have led investigators to think the finding represents a case of attempted mail theft instead of a serious effort to disrupt the primary this summer. Voters affected by the suspected theft have been sent new ballots.
“Thanks to the cooperation of the person who found the ballots, we were able to quickly respond and coordinate the secure pickup of the ballots,” the office announced in a statement shared with Fox 11. “We are cooperating with the United States Postal Service and law enforcement to investigate. Security protocols such as signature verification are in place to protect against any misuse or wrongdoing of Vote by Mail ballots.”
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The county continued that those who think their ballots are invalid are encouraged to contact the registrar’s office directly. Voters who do not receive a new ballot by the end of the week are encouraged to register for the Where’s My Ballot app, which will send information about voting and ballots through text message, email, and phone calls.
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Christina Repaci, who discovered the ballots when walking her dog, stated she noticed a box on the sidewalk that contained the ballots and took the box home to figure out what to do with the mail.
After contacting local politicians and the police department and requesting help on social media with no answers, Repaci announced that Registrar Dean Logan contacted her personally to pick up the ballots.
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“It was so much stress and for just one person to get back to me. What do I do here? Now, if it happens to someone else, they don’t know what to do. They’ll just put them in a dumpster or throw them in the trash,” Repaci stated, according to the outlet. “I just don’t think it should have been this hard to figure out what to do with legal ballots. This is a country of freedom and our votes should matter, and something like this should never happen.”
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Polls for the California primary open June 7. All mail-in ballots have to be postmarked on or by election day and received no more than seven days after the election. Voters are further permitted to drop off a ballot at their county elections office by 8 pm the day of the election if concerned the ballot would not arrive in time, according to the California Secretary of State’s office.
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