Around 100 ballots for the November special election on Proposition 50 were discovered at a homeless encampment in Sacramento County on Wednesday, officials said.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office said the ballots were found mixed in with a large pile of stolen mail during an abatement near Elder Creek and Mayhew Roads, just east of the south Sacramento area. The camp was vacant when authorities arrived, and no arrests have been made.

Sacramento County Sheriff's Office

The stolen mail was collected and separated, with all election materials returned to the Sacramento County elections office.

County officials said that incidents like this are rare, but they have procedures in place to ensure voters can still cast their ballots.

"Whenever something like this happens, we work qu

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