THEIR BALLOTS EVEN AT THIS HOUR. LIVE. IT’S KIND OF NICE. WELL, SOLANO COUNTY IS FULLY STAFFED AND READY FOR ELECTION DAY. THE COUNTY, FOLLOWING A TRADITIONAL POLLING STYLE WHERE PEOPLE ARE ASSIGNED VOTING LOCATIONS. KCRA 3’S ANDRES VALLE SPOKE TO ELECTIONS OFFICIALS TONIGHT. SO ANDRES, EVERYONE WAS MAILED A BALLOT. SO HOW MANY PEOPLE DO THEY EXPECT WILL VOTE IN PERSON TOMORROW? WELL, THE COUNTY REGISTRAR’S OFFICE SAYS THEY’RE EXPECTING ABOUT 30,000 PEOPLE TO VOTE IN PERSON TOMORROW. AND SOLANO COUNTY DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE CALIFORNIA’S VOTERS CHOICE ACT, WHICH PROVIDES GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND CONVENIENCE FOR VOTERS TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS. BUT THEY SAY THEY’RE ON TRACK TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING RUNS SMOOTHLY ON ELECTION DAY. VOTERS DROPPING OFF THEIR BALLOTS ON THE EVE OF ELECTION DAY. THERE IT IS. DON’T COMPLAIN IF YOU’RE NOT VOTING. SO YOU GOT TO GO OUT AND VOTE. TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY. IT WILL BE REALLY BUSY, BUT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT YOUR VOTE MATTERS. ACROSS SOLANO COUNTY, VOTERS DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO EARLY IN-PERSON VOTING LOCATIONS. HOWEVER, EACH REGISTERED VOTER RECEIVED A BALLOT IN THE MAIL THAT CAN BE DROPPED OFF BEFORE POLLS CLOSE AT 8 P.M. TUESDAY. WE’VE ALREADY RECEIVED ABOUT 95,000 BALLOTS BY MAIL, SO IN PERSON VOTING WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE 30,000 RANGE. JOHN GARDNER, THE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF VOTERS, SAYS NOT ADOPTING THE STATE’S VOTER’S CHOICE ACT ALLOWS THEM TO OPEN MORE POLLING LOCATIONS ON ELECTION DAY. 70 POLLING LOCATIONS THAT WE’RE STANDING UP ON ELECTION DAY. BUT IF WE WERE A VOTER’S CHOICE ACT, WE WOULD ONLY HAVE 25 LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE COULD VOTE. FAR, FAR LESS LOCATIONS. GARDNER SAYS HE HAS A GROUP OF 25 PEOPLE DEDICATED TO HANDLING ANY ISSUES THAT MAY COME UP AT THE COUNTY’S 70 POLLING LOCATIONS. THEY’RE ASSIGNED A GROUP OF POLLING PLACES, AND THEIR JOB IS TO RUN AROUND TO EACH OF THESE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, CHECKING TO MAKE SURE. DO THEY HAVE ENOUGH EQUIPMENT? DO THEY HAVE ENOUGH POLL WORKERS? DO THEY HAVE A LINE? ELECTION OFFICIALS ARE ALSO PLANNING FOR LIKELY PG&E POWER SHUTOFFS THAT THE COMPANY SAYS COULD AFFECT MORE THAN 5000 CUSTOMERS IN SOLANO COUNTY. RIGHT NOW, ONLY ONE POLLING PLACE IS IN AN AREA LIKELY TO SEE A SHUT OFF. BUT GARDNER BELIEVES IT WON’T IMPACT VOTERS. ALL OF OUR POLLING PLACES HAVE BATTERY POWER. WE DEPLOY A BATTERY UPS UNIT THAT CAN RUN ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT FOR FOR FOUR HOURS. WE HAVE TEMPORARY LIGHTS THAT RUN ON BATTERIES FOR THREE HOURS, SO WE CAN HANDLE UP TO A FOUR HOUR POWER OUTAGE ANYWHERE. AND GARDNER SAYS HIS TEAM OF ROVERS WILL ALSO HAVE GENERATORS THAT COULD BE DEPLOYED TO ANY POLLING LOCATION IN CASE THEY LOSE POWER TOMORROW. LIVE IN TH