Elections are conducted by mail. Voters who are registered as of the 21st day before an election are mailed a ballot to vote and return by election day. The use of vote-by-mail was first approved on a limited basis by the Legislature in 1981 and was made a permanent feature of some elections in 1987.
Kubota Corp. has appointed Masato Yoshikawa as the new president of Kubota Tractor Corporation (KTC), based in Torrance, Calif. Yoshikawa is a 32-year Kubota veteran and most recently held the position of general manager, corporate planning and control department for Kubota Corporation, headquartered in Osaka, Japan.
Kubota goes after the row-crop production market, as well as the commercial livestock and haying segments, with the new M7-Series tractor line, the companyâs first entry in the mid-range tractor market. The series consists of three models from 130 to 170 hp.