What’s next for election integrity advocates?

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Prominent local advocates for election integrity watched the elections office on Tuesday with a keen eye and still noticed issues on how the ballots were being handled.

The biggest criticism of the office was the two hour wait for some folks voting in-person on Election Day at the elections office. The line was coming out of the building and wrapping around the sidewalk. Most voters were willing to wait so they could vote in-person.

There were also several other issues of people receiving multiple ballots, and others receiving no ballot at all.

"Voters brought ballots that were not theirs, that were mailed to their address. Duplicate ballots were brought in and handed to the precincts, at the elections office there was an extremely long line," said Tom Pavich, election observer and the county coordinator for the Election Integrity Project California.

Pavich said some voters there had ballot issues.

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"We have a very large amount of ballots that are just out there, and it creates an opportunity for voter fraud," said Pavich.

Charles Shinn, an election observer from the Concerned Citizens Group, said Lamont and Arvin voting precincts ran out of ballot paper.

"They had to go to a vendor and get more paper which meant those people had long waits," said Shinn.

Looking ahead, Pavich and Shinn will be focusing on pushing elections to cleanse it's voter roles.

Amy Espinoza, Kern's Registrar of Voters previously said she will look at the voter rolls again after the general election.