While he should have been making final preparations for ballot sorting and computer programming, Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis instead spent the final hour of Election Day emptying overflowing remote ballot boxes. That’s one of the reasons Elections Office Staff were so late to begin the counting process and have been struggling to catch up. Other problems, including failure to back up a hard drive and mislabeling of some mail-in ballots as in-person ballots, compounded the problems. A new role invented by Curtis is the “Poll Closer”, responsible for pre-sorting ballots at precincts. That system was rife with errors. Since his appointment, Curtis has been staffing the office with many of his fellow election deniers and activists who want to change the rules and processes.
Mike Gallagher still leads the District 5 Shasta County Board of Supervisor’s Race, with 57% over incumbent Chris Kelstrom’s 43%.
In the Redding City Council contest for three seats, there are 4 candidates currently ahead of the pack of 9. Russ Wenham has 22%, Tenessa Audette has 19%, Mark Mezzano has 15% and Christina Prosperi has 13%.
In the 2 seats for Anderson City Council, Stan Neutze leads with 44% followed by Lexus Alexander with 33%.
In Shasta Lake City there are 2 seats, with Justin Jones showing 44% and Pam Morgan with 38%.
Shasta County’s Measure F for filling department head positions is at 68% approval, while Measure E concerning eminent domain is favored by 66%. The Shasta College Bond Measure is behind with 47% approval.
-Steve Gibson