Elections boss blames turnout on voter fatigue
Diana Marcum reports:
When Fresno County Clerk Victor Salazar went to his polling place this morning, poll workers outnumbered voters by 8-1 (Salazar was the only voter).
Salazar sounded gloomy while saying he expects that will be a common scenario at other polling places today.
"The election is going fine, but in terms of voter turn-out, not so good," he said. He told a reporter looking for voter reaction: "Good luck finding some."
Salazar summed up the cause in two words: voter fatigue.
"Hopefully the legislature will make note of the consequences of having three statewide elections in a nine-month period," he said.
