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Assistant US Attorney discusses how the DOJ is working to ensure a safe election
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
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Have you experienced voting problems? Send your tips through Electionland
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
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Riverside County Voter Assistance Centers open Saturday through Election Day for in-person voting
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,
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I-Team: Political ads turn up the heat in contentious Palm Springs District 4 race
The race for Palm Springs city council district four has taken yet another heated turn in one of the most contentious races in the valley. Watch: Palm Springs District 4 council candidates report personal attacks, vandalism The latest chapter in the race revolves around two very different TV ads, including one by the Palm Springs
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Over 30% of election ballots returned to Riverside County Registrar for processing
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
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Election Day is next Tuesday: here’s how to vote and make it count
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
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Ballot counting underway at the Riverside County Registrar of Voters office
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
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Election Day is one week away, here’s how to make sure your vote counts
Election Day is just one week away. More than 324,000 mail-in ballots have already been returned to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters as of Tuesday, October 27th. What are the 3 most common mistakes made with mail-in ballots? According to the Registrar, thousands of mail-in ballots are rejected each year because people make three
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Big money behind Proposition 22 – measure would create wage and labor policies for app-based drivers
Chances are you’ve seen the ads on TV or online. There are a lot of them promoting Proposition 22. “it’s really important that app-based drivers are able to do what they do best,” said Rancho Mirage voter Alex Dusseljee, who supports the proposition. If approved by voters, Prop 22 would define app-based drivers for rideshare
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Meet the candidates in the race for mayor for the city of Coachella
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
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Meet the candidates in the race to be on the Coachella city council
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
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Early in-person voting begins Friday at the Westfield Mall in Palm Desert
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.
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Valley viewers tune in to final presidential debate: ‘I don’t think anybody’s changed their minds’
While some valley Republicans and Democrats say the second and final presidential debate was substantive on the issues, and more cordial, too – at this stage in the game, it may be too late to sway most. At Palm Canyon Roadhouse in downtown Palm Springs Thursday night, a group of valley Trump supporters came together
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Early voting held at the Westfield Mall in Palm Desert this weekend
Coachella Valley residents will have the opportunity to vote early this coming weekend (Oct 23-25), at the Westfield Mall in Palm Desert. Early voting will be available at the mall Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. You can find the early voting stand on the first floor of the Westfield Mall, right
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Riverside County Registrar of Voters begins to open up ballots
Riverside County is expecting more mail-in ballots this year than usual, so the Registrar of Voters office has begun unsealing ballots and preparing them for counting. It’s a highly manual process with these machines unsealing the ballots, which then have to be separated from the envelopes they’re in. The ballots are then brought into a
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Watch Live: Trump-Biden final Presidential Debate
Coverage of the Final Presidential Debate starts at 5 p.m. PT. You can watch live on News Channel 3 & CBS Local or below: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden hurtled toward Thursday night’s final debate, which may be the trailing incumbent’s best chance to change the race’s trajectory
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