Private voting booths inside Taylor Motors stand against a vehicle backdrop. Photo by Annelise Pierce.
It’s March 5 and Shasta County is turning out to vote in today’s Presidential Primary. We visited the polls to offer our readers insight into the local elections process, through pictures.
Redding City Hall: 9:00 am
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Redding City Hall. Photo by Annelise Pierce
A cage holds supplies for one of the two precincts at this location. A visual guide shows volunteer poll workers how to prepare items to be returned to the Elections Office after 8 pm.
A sign posted at a March 5, 2024 precinct, reminding voters that electioneering is prohibited under state law. Photo by Annelise Pierce.
Assistant Shasta County Clerk and Registrar of Voters Joanna Francescutt said this ballot drop box located outside of Redding City Hall receives more ballots than any other single location in Shasta County.
Taylor Motors: 9:25 am
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A polling place at Taylor Motors, located at the corner of Cypress and Churn Creek in Redding. Photographed by Annelise Pierce during the March 2024 primary.
Accessible voting includes ensuring the option for curbside voting. Signs at Taylor Motors designate where to park and how to call a poll worker to your vehicle.
California's Voter Bill of Rights is posted on the door at this Taylor Motors location.
A polling place at Taylor Motors in Redding. Photographed by Annelise Pierce during the March 2024 primary.
The Poll Inspector at this site explained that the accessible Hart InterCivic voting machines arrive sealed, as does the printer that accompanies them. Poll workers follow a set of instructions to unseal and set up the machine and printer. One step includes counting the printer paper piece-by-piece before voting begins. Paper is counted again after polls close.
Ballot boxes where votes are received arrive sealed. They'll remain sealed until they are returned to the Shasta County Elections Office at end of day.
Pathway Church: 10 am
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Pathway Church in Redding is another polling location. Poll workers here also reported no concerns so far today.
Seven of the thirty-five different ballot versions produced by Shasta County for the March 5 presidential primary election. Photo by Annelise Pierce on March 5, 2024.
Street Rosters specific to each precinct site include the names of voters registered to vote within that particular precinct. This is the paper version.
This is the digital version of the Street Roster. Voters sign in to these devices and their precinct location is immediately confirmed as correct or incorrect. If incorrect the machines tells them where to report instead and provides mapping.
Recall Demonstration: 12:30 pm
A protestor stands on the corner of California and Placer holding a Recall Kevin Crye sign and an American flag. Political demonstrations and signs relevant to the current election are not allowed within 100 feet of polling places during voting. These protestors were well outside of that range.
About fifty-people, most of them seniors, gathered one block from the Shasta County Elections Office at midday to encourage voters to recall County Supervisor Kevin Crye.
On March 5, recall supporters held signs in downtown Redding one block from the Elections Office, as the community voted.
Shasta County Elections Office: 1 pm
A Shasta County community member delivers cookies to staff and volunteers at the Shasta County Elections Office.
Matt, Kylee and Emma Nehls vote as a family at the Shasta County Elections Office. Photos of voters at the polls may only be taken with their explicit permission.
Crossroads Baptist Church: 3:00 pm
A ballot secrecy sleeve which is used to protect the voter's ballot from the eyes of the poll workers as they place it into the ballot box after voting.
A map showing the location of the polling place which is in Bella Vista, within Shasta County's District 3.
No incidents reported at the two precincts located at Crossroads Baptist Church. Polls getting busier late afternoon.
Redding Christian Fellowship: 4 pm
A volunteer from the Shasta County Women Democrats arrived with treats for poll workers while Shasta Scout was on site.
"I voted" stickers are special this year, the result of a contest that gave local students the opportunity to contribute art.
Have questions, concerns, or comments? Reach out to us: editor@shastascout.org.
Annelise Pierce is Shasta Scout’s Editor and a Community Reporter covering government accountability, civic engagement, and local religious and political movements.
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