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News Channel 3’s Peter Daut took a look at some of the valley’s key races. One of the biggest races is the 36th Congressional District. The winner will represent a district that encompasses most of Riverside County, including the Coachella Valley. Democratic incumbent Raul Ruiz is running against Republican Erin Cruz. Ruiz is a former

This election, Riverside County does not have its traditional 600 polling places due to the pandemic. Instead, there are 130 ‘Voter Assistance Centers’ countywide where voters can cast their ballot in-person.  Riverside County Voter Assistance Centers will be open Saturday October 31st through Election Day, November 3rd.  “An individual is not assigned to a specific

Day one of Riverside County Voter Assistance Centers being open showed some technical issues due to a high volume of voters. “I think with the first-day opening and then right at opening every one and their uncle was trying to process from the beginning and I think that’s what just overwhelmed the server,” Edward Holzhauer,

Saturday was the first day of in-person voting as 130 Voter Assistance Centers opened throughout Riverside County, but the process of voting experienced several delays. “We did see some significant volume in our voter registration look-up system and that has experienced some intermittent delays,” said Riverside County spokesperson, Brooke Federico. State Senator Melissa Melendez tweeted

Assistant US attorney Mack Jenkins joined Peter Daut during our 6:30 p.m. newscast on Fox and CBS to discuss how the Department of Justice is working to make sure there’s no voter fraud or crimes committed at the polls. Jenkins mentioned in the interview that there will be a federal task force and command post

KESQ News Channel 3 is a part of a nationwide media collaboration with ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative news organization, and its Electionland project. The project will track voting problems and election integrity. Voting problems would be things like mail ballot delivery problems, changed voting locations, long lines, registration problems, purged voter rolls, broken machines and

It’s #YourVote2020: Election Day is next Tuesday, November 3rd.  This election, the county will not have its traditional 600 polling places due to the pandemic. Instead, there will be 130 ‘Voter Assistance Centers’ countywide where voters can cast their ballot in-person.  Riverside County Voter Assistance Centers will be open Saturday October 31st through Election Day,

Nearly 450,000 mail-in ballots have been returned to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters office as of today, just over one-third of the total sent out countywide for Tuesday’s general election. A total 1,243,154 mail-in ballots have been distributed, intended for every one of the county’s registered voters. Compared to four years ago, the registration

It’s #YourVote2020: Election Day is next Tuesday, November 3rd.  “This year I think it’s just so much more important. We have such an important decision to make,” said Michael Mink, a Palm Springs voter.  This is an election unlike any other. Due to the pandemic, each registered voter in California has been sent a mail-in

With just a handful of days left until election polls close in Riverside County, the ballot counting process began Wednesday at the Riverside County Registrar of Voters office. As of Wednesday, 421,623 ballots have been returned out of the 1.2 million issued, according to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters office. “We’ll be working on

There are two candidates in the race for mayor for the city of Coachella. The first, is the current mayor, Steven Hernandez. Hernandez expressed wanting to aim for three things: Infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. He was born and raised in Coachella and has been mayor for six years. He got his university degree

There are four candidates running in the race for city council in Coachella. Two, Emmanuel Martinez and Philip Bautista, are currently serving. Emmanuel Martinez is the mayor pro-tem for Coachella. He has been on city council since 2008. He expressed his deep roots in the community being born and raised in Coachella, attending schools in

Election Day is less than two weeks away. For those looking to vote in-person this year, early voting starts on Friday, October 23, at the Westfield Mall in Palm Desert. It will also be offered through the weekend Oct. 24-25.  The voting center is located on the first floor of the mall across from Express.