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.
Some of the major innovations introduced by Kubota within the UK and Ireland since the 1970s include: 1  The first true four-wheel drive compact tractor. 2  The first four-wheel drive ride-on front rotary mower. 3  The first hydrostatic transmission systems for compact tractors and diesel ride-on mowers.