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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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Palm Springs District 4 council candidates report personal attacks, vandalism
With less than two weeks until Election Day, the race for the Palm Springs District 4 city council seat is turning nasty. Former Palm Springs councilmember Mike McCulloch and newcomer Dian Torres are challenging incumbent Christy Holstege. They all say they’re experiencing below-the-belt attacks. Holstege is calling out social media comments accusing her of “pretending
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Meet the candidates running for Mayor of La Quinta
Your vote 20-20! The race to lead the city of La Quinta is heating up. We take a closer look at the two candidates running for mayor: incumbent Linda Evans and her challenger, Robert Sylk. News channel 3’s Dani Romero spoke with both candidates about the issues that matter most to them. La Quinta is
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Meet the 3 candidates running for La Quinta city council
In La Quinta, three candidates are running to fill two seats on the city council. So what is the message they want voters to hear? News Channel 3’s Dani Romero spoke with each of the candidates and has a closer look at their top priorities. It’s two incumbents versus one newcomer for two spots on
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Meet the candidates running for Indian Wells city council
The city of Indian Wells has five running candidates and three spots to fill. The five candidates are incumbent Kimberly Muzik, Donna Griffith. Douglas Hanson, Greg Sanders, and Kathy Strong. Kimberly Muzik is currently on the council and has been living in the Coachella Valley for 33 years. She said, “When I came on board
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Close races may take until December to certify, Riverside County election official says
Close races in Riverside County could take up to a month to be officially decided, Registrar of Voters Rebecca Spencer told the Board of Supervisors during their meeting on Tuesday. “If it’s a close contest, if it’s within two percentage points, we don’t expect to certify until December 3,” Spencer said. That’s because the ballots
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Registrar: number of ballots returned almost twice what was received in 2016
The number of mail-in ballots returned to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters’ Office at this point is nearly double the intake at the same juncture during the previous presidential election in 2016, the registrar said today. “We currently have 105,327 ballots returned,” Rebecca Spencer told City News Service. “At this point in time during
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