California election officials are preparing for a special election this November on a congressional redistricting proposal. The election needs voter approval and requires a tight timeline since the initiative has not been officially scheduled. County officials are actively preparing for the necessary logistics, such as securing vendors and staffing polling places. There are concerns about the financial burden of the unplanned election, which could impact public services unless additional funding is provided. The short notice complicates an already challenging election process, particularly for smaller counties.
“It's difficult for us, just in a regular election, being a smaller rural county,” said Juan Pablo Cervantes, the registrar of voters for Humboldt County, which has just over 85,000 registered voters. Usually Cervantes and his staff have at least five months of lead time to find voting sites, hire staff and procure all the machines, pens and ballots for a statewide election.
County election officials are hustling as if the election is happening so they can make sure they lock down everything from vendors to print their ballots, locations for voting centers and election workers to staff those polling places come Nov. 4.
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