Here’s a good reminder to make sure you’ve received your ballot for the upcoming recall election. And once you send it in, verify its receipt with the California Secretary of State.
Officers responding to a call Aug. 16 about a man who was passed out in a vehicle found more than 300 ballots for the upcoming gubernatorial recall election, a loaded gun, drugs and other illicit materials, Torrance police said Monday.
Officers were called about 10:45 p.m. to a 7-Eleven parking lot at 3735 Emerald St. for a report of a man passed out in a vehicle, said Sgt. Mark Ponegalek, a spokesman for the Torrance Police Department.
When officers searched the vehicle, they found a 9-millimeter handgun and stolen mail, including more than 300 ballots, Ponegalek said. In addition, the man had methamphetamine, Xanax pills, a scale, multiple California driver’s licenses and credit cards in other people’s names, police said. – Los Angeles Times
The ballots were unopened. It’s unclear how the suspect obtained them or what he planned to do with them. Torrance police are working with the U.S. Postal Service and the Public Integrity Division of the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office on the case.