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With Election Day on Nov. 5 and debate season heating up, here’s what to know about voting in and around Modesto.
Clara Fass recently registered for the first time, but remains unsure she will vote.
“This is my first year voting,” Fass said. “I’m just trying to do more research.”
Donna Linder, Stanislaus County registrar of voters, often hears people say they feel like their vote doesn’t count, but she has a story for that.
“We’ve had school board races that are won by one vote,” she said.
Two years ago, a school board election in Turlock was determined by a single ballot. “In that school board race, that one vote was really important,” Linder said.