Curtis has been instructed to bring voted ballots from the June election to a federal grand jury in Sacramento. Discussing how complex that will be, Curtis said he’d be happy to hand off the ballots to federal law enforcement or state election officials instead. Doing so would violate the law, some experts say.
ROV Clint Curtis has been subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury. The summons also instructed him to produce records from the June 2026 election, including tens of thousands of voted ballots, some of which he has referred to as “suspect.”
The UCLA Voting Rights Project, where gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra serves as the senior legal advisor, sent a letter to both the grand jury and local officials today that accused Curtis of “willful or corrupt misconduct in office” and outlined a path under the law for his removal. Curtis said he “would love to go to court.”
A group of community leaders organizing under the name Good Governance Redding has endorsed two candidates for Redding City Council this fall.
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Elections are still slated to be held as usual this fall after proponents' most recent attempt to ensure implementation of Measure B failed in court late last week.
It’s not clear whether any formal job offer to the former Colorado elections official was ever made.
A new voter-approved measure intended to make significant changes to Shasta’s elections is currently suspended, but proponents are hoping to find a workaround before the county’s ballot order for the November election is sent out this Friday.
Claims made by Shasta ROV Clint Curtis over recent weeks, including references to “suspect ballots,” have prompted a few local supporters to push for action from both the sheriff and the federal government.
The answer is complicated and would involve factors at both the county and statewide levels.
