Shasta elections official’s claims stir agitators, prompt more county pushback
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.
Outside of the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office on Park Marina Avenue this afternoon, about 20 people gathered with colorful signs that expressed pleas for help from President Donald Trump and calls for action from Sheriff Michael Johnson.
The group’s demonstration was intended to put pressure on the sheriff to investigate allegedly fraudulent ballots counted as part of the June primary. The group was comprised of Measure B proponents, election staff and other supporters of elections official Clint Curtis.
“We need somebody to take these ballots,” said Dan Ladd, the organizer of the demonstration, referring to ballots that have been locked in an upstairs room at the Market Street elections office by Curtis in hopes of federal intervention.
About 20 minutes into the demonstration, a self-identified journalist, Corinne Cliford, started speaking to and recording the crowd. She said she’s a member of the White House press corps, a group of journalists who cover the president, and that she has been in touch with federal authorities to investigate the ballot claims made in Shasta.
During her extended comments on video and for the crowd, she made various unbacked claims, such as that the McConnell Foundation has ties to antifa and that county supervisors were corrupt for not paying to defend against the state’s litigation over Measure B, a newly passed Shasta law. She said California’s elections need to be cleaned up, seemingly making her own call to vigilante action.
“We have to live by the people, for the people, of the people, with the consent of the people, backed by the militias, backed by 2A, backed by the retired military,” she said. “That’s what’s going to have to happen if the feds won’t come in and authenticate the ballots, if the sheriff won’t authenticate the ballots.”
Shasta’s registrar of voters’ claims of suspect ballots have gained widespread attention and allegedly drawn FBI agents to the county to investigate, something the federal agency has not confirmed. But some residents think the sheriff should also get involved and seize the ballots to investigate himself, an action that would violate state law.
It’s a move Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco made earlier this year and that’s currently being battled in the California Supreme Court.
Sheriff Johnson doesn’t appear to be planning to yield to the demonstrators’ demands to investigate the ballots, according to a press release the sheriff’s office posted on Facebook shortly before this afternoon’s demonstration. The release stated that the sheriff is aware of the “controversy” involving Curtis and the ballots, saying it’s his understanding that the FBI is investigating the matter.
“Therefore, Sheriff Johnson is urging members of the public to be patient and await the results of that investigation,” the release said. “At this point, launching a second investigation could complicate a process already in place.”
Some of today’s demonstrators also took issue with election staffers allegedly breaking into a room at the elections office, a claim made by Curtis earlier this month after he was censured by county supervisors for prior misconduct against staff.
His claim against staff prompted a press release from CEO David Rickert saying Curtis had violated employees’ rights to due process. Another county response was released today with the support of the board of supervisors, referring to Curtis’ claims about ballots and employees as “frivolous” and saying he had undermined “the very principles he was appointed to uphold.”
“The County condemns the conduct of the Clerk-Registrar of Voters and invites all relevant state and federal agencies to review the allegations he has made,” the county wrote, “and to proactively investigate his official actions and practices as Shasta County’s elections official.”
During the demonstration outside of the sheriff’s office, lead Measure B proponent Laura Hobbs announced that Supervisor Corkey Harmon had agreed to provide funding to pay for authentication of the alleged suspect ballots, which was met with cheers by the small crowd.
Harmon has since confirmed her claim, though it’s not clear who would authenticate ballots or how that would be accomplished.
Nevertheless, Cliford, the White House reporter, called Harmon a “hero” for his willingness to provide funds. She said she’s going to try her best to “make the right introductions” to ensure the alleged issues at the Shasta elections office make it up to the federal level.
“The next time I see Trump in person, I’m going to tell him we have alleged counterfeit fake ballots,” she said, “and I’m going to hold everyone accountable for whomever did not help the good people of Shasta County to get their ballots investigated.”
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Speaking of agitators, Leslie Sawyer was posting on Facebook that there were “rumors” of antifa protesting outside of the elections office with threats of burning the building down so that they could destroy the “evidence” of the sUsPiCiOuS ballots…
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Biggest bunch of BS ever.
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There was a march from the plaza where the election building is to the veterans hall, and then there was a film showcasing Martin Luther King’s speech “I have a dream.”
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The election deniers are getting desperate and anyone with more than two brain cells can see through the bs.
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MLK is now antifa?? Get real.
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Time to vote these people out of office and never let them back in because of all the damage that they have done to our democracy.
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And guess what? It is still a democracy…for now.
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Get out and vote. Tell a friend. Tell a neighbor. Tell your family.
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Make a difference while we can still make a difference.
Money talks. Check the list of donors to Crye/Harmon/Kelstrom. Check what businesses support measure B. You will find many familiar names. Boycott the businesses who are behind the election deniers. Don’t forget that our government uses vendors who support this nonsense. Find out what vendors the COR and SC use. It should be public record. Shasta Scout this is an issue worth following up on. Let the local politicians know that it is not OK to enrich the very people who are paying to have our free and fair elections shut down.
And be sure and smile when Corinne Cliford, alledged reporter shows up at the rally in front of the Election Dept on Friday, August 28, 5pm.
Frank,
I don’t know what, if any press credentials Corinne Clifford has, however, I believe she is an out of town carpet bagger trying to grift the grifters.
Yep, another out of towner showing too much interest in how we should run our local elections.
I miss the days when old people had hobbies like model trains and quilting, and left governance to people whose braincells were not actively committing revolutionary suicide.
I guess Ageism is still one of the tolerated “isms”. Broad brushing always has its caveats.
Ageism had been the last of the socially acceptable forms of overt bigotry. MAGA has reintroduced a lot of the others that we thought we’d vanquished.
corinne Clifford is nothing but a late coming carpet bagger trying to grift the grifters
This is why having an education and learning about history is important.
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You can look at the past and determine what some people are trying to do presently.
The White House Press Corps appears to be anyone from a blogger to credentialed reporter with no official membership required. There is the White House Correspondants Association which requires membership and abidance with ruled of conduct and ethics. This might elimnate so called White House Press Corps member Corinne Cliford. At the Tuesday Board of Supervisors meeting she stood in the press section taking pictures of the audience and the proceedings with her cell. Then she got up and spoke about various election conspiracy theories and mentioned she is a member of the “White House Press Corps” which doesn’t seem to fit the normal ethics of jounalism.
Next time I go to Washington, D.C. I think I’ll “join” the White House Press Corps and report on my vacation.
First, thank you, Shasta Scout, for covering the political, economic, and supportive connections to the BIG LIE stain by the Shasta County Republican Central Committee, the Shasta County Republican Assembly, the Shasta Election Reform Committee, Harmon, Curtis, Crye, Jones, Hobbs, Shasta Five’s, etc., and, of course, by their leader, Trump, a court-adjudicated rapist – a convicted 34-count felon.
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Second, the massive assault on free and fair democratic elections by Trump is rapidly moving through the courts. Today, 25 states filed a new federal lawsuit directly challenging Trump’s illegal USPS rule on mail ballots. And no, the Supreme Court’s August 24 decision DID NOT hold that Trump’s order is constitutional or lawful, but it did open the door to a fresh flurry of litigation. Locally, the California v. Shasta County (Clint’s and Hobbs’) Measure B case is dead for now, and nationally, Trump’s SAFE ACT is failing.
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Third, Sheriff Johnson should have cited the small gathering at the Park Marina Office for being Trump-Drunk. Additionally, Corinne Clifford, a pathetic yet dangerous joke, is inciting possible civil disorder with threats like if Johnson or “the feds (FBI)” don’t take over the Shasta County Elections department, MAGA, “with the consent of the people, backed by the militias, backed by 2A, backed by the retired military,” will do what? Commit so local 06 violence for Trump?
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These local and imported election liars are using county resources and money to spread propaganda nationally and help Trump sabotage our elections, in the hope of saving their criminal leader from impeachment and shielding the convicted criminal and his crime syndicate from investigation by blocking a NEW CONGRESS. While our county (and country) are going broke, they have divided this county, costing Shasta County taxpayers millions in legal fees and fueling social division.
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If Curtis can’t be fired, it’s time to isolate him and his minions to prevent further infection of Shasta County’s elections. November 03 is only 69 days away.
Are all maga women now puffing up their lips?
Yes. Check out plastic surgery’s @Maga face”… and look at the women in the Trump administration. It also applies to their clothes; tweed suits, etc. “Trad wife” aesthetic. Both are real things in Trump’s admin.
Whoops, no “@“, that was an error.
Joanna Francescut is going to inherit a real mess by the time she is sworn into office in January 2027.
Francescut’s silence and inaction on the ongoing political theater don’t equate to prudence and wisdom; rather there are symptoms of political inexperience and up to a certain point cowardice.
Major changes in the county’s ROV department seem virtually impossible under the leadership of Joanna.
A sumptuous salary of 150K per year seems to be the core reason why Mrs. Francescut run for that position.
Joanna did the hard work of running against the dude and bouncing him out of office. No small effort!
But California law leaves him in office until January. Until then, she has no authority. What would you have her do?
I disagree that Francescut’s silence on the conspiracy driven BS perpetrated by Curtis is a matter of inexperience. I think it is prudent to wait until she is in a position to make corrective changes. I also think it is an uncalled for insult to state that Johanna Fransescut is only in it for the money.
So, you want what–a cat fight? One can get down and fight with a skunk if one so wishes but I’d not advise it. Joanna Francescut is ROV Elect and has no current authority other than to be the adult in the room.
Joanna will right the ship very quickly. First, she will dismiss all the newly hired Big Lie-inspired election deniers. Then my hope is the bars go back up to keep those foaming at the mouth about our free and fair elections at bay. Finally, she will put her 18 years of election administration expertise to work to restore trust in Shasta County elections again.
Mr Turner: you have complained before about how people should post under their real name, and yet here you are. You may not remember, but I had mentioned that you give yourself away. Repeatedly.
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The real cowardice is the way you try to denigrate Ms. Francescut, sore looser that you are.
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Mr. Turner, we don’t want a politician for ROV. We want a local experienced person who happens to know what they’re doing. That is why you were kicked out of office, and the people Shasta county chose Joanna Francescut.
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Speaking of money and salaries, how many days during the last year would you say that you were actually in Shasta county? Comical that you are trying to use salary as a line of attack.
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Look I’m going to try nicely: can you please just leave us alone?
I have no idea who “Mr. Turner” is except that he is a misinformed maga blowhard who has no idea what a professional like Joanna should do. I’m so looking forward to January when Joanna cleans house at the RoV office.
The assistant ROV.
And what, exactly, is she supposed to do? She has no legal authority. The proper authorities, the SOS and AG, are litigating Measure B(ozo), and Clown Clintie is making a fool of himself on an almost daily basis. When your foes are shooting themselves in the foot, best to leave them alone.
Selah
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
On a serious note- What would you have her do?
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing.
You won’t succeed and you’ll annoy the pig.
Joanna’s silence likely stems from the fact she knows when it’s appropriate to speak and when it’s just blowing smoke. She has no reason to grandstand. She’s already won the election.
You’re wrong! Your thinking is like an ancestor of the creators of the Great American dust bowl who now call themselves “Make America Great Again”.
You are correct about the Florida attorney made instant Shasta County government official created a mess.
Hard work and dedication to the community will be required to fix it.
The new Shasta official replacing the Florida Attorney is smart not to do anything. Anything she does the Florida attorney will twist for his personal interest gain claim for damages. With the Florida attorney running the next election, all should expect the situation gets worse.
Who’s getting the big salary to create the mess?
For every person saying she should intervene there will be one saying “She’s not in office yet”
The salary is irrelevant as she won’t start to get paid until she takes office.
Her not commenting or getting involved are signs of prudence and wisdom.
None of the these issues would have arisen if the Board had appointed her to the ROV job and not Curtis,
This is a mess created by the Board. I bet some of them are now suffering buyers remorse.
Good try Cole Z. you don’t know Joanna Francescut like many of us do, She has integrity and desire to help voters use their constitutional right to vote. How dare you accuse her of running only for the money. Let’s hope there’s some left for the Election Dept budget after this raft of fools uses it up. And I assure you that Jo and her qualified staff will recoup the chaos after January 2027. And return trust in the Election Dept.
Ever notice how folks happy with the status quo dismissively label protestors “agitators?”
Mahmoud: We checked the definition of agitators before using the term in this headline. Broadly, it means a person who is stirring up public dissent in order to challenge the status quo. It fits well.
That’s the definition, but not the connotation (which is probably why the Scout did not use the word once in any of the ~dozen articles about the Nowains despite them twice shutting down government meetings).
In fact, according to a google search of the domain, Scout journalists have used the word “agitators” only a handful of times — all but once when labeling election activists (the other, when refuting social media claims of a busload of outside antifa agitators during the BLM protests).
Commenters at SS have used the word an additional dozen or so times (both liberals and conservatives). In every single instance, “agitator” has been used dismissively.
During Covid, the New Yorker described anti-lockdown protests as “agitators” while Fox used the word protesters Both organizations reversed those labels when describing BLM activists. When ICE killed Renee Good, the Trump administration labeled her as an agitator. The word has been used negatively in the US going back to Southern descriptions of abolitionists.
You say “dismissively” like it is a bad thing.
Are you seriously suggesting that the correct course of action is to engage with these window lickers?
Dismissing them is the kindest thing one can do when they embarrass themselves in public like this.
Mamoud
If you’re not happy with using the word agitator, how about going to the vernacular and calling it what it is, shit disturbers.
BTW, I don’t have a score card and I’m not watching at home.
Who are all the characters in the Nowain saga?
Could you make a list describing the protagonists and villains?
“Activist” Ben Nowain arrested: https://shastascout.org/activist-benjamin-nowain-arrested-at-shasta-county-board-meeting/
“Activist” Jenny O’Connell-Nowain sentenced: https://shastascout.org/activist-sentenced-to-three-months-for-disrupting-shasta-county-board-meeting-released-with-ankle-monitor/
“Community Member” Jenny O’Connell-Nowain ticketed: https://shastascout.org/sheriffs-officers-carry-woman-from-shasta-county-board-chambers-before-ticketing-her-for-meeting-disruption/
I don’t think you’re wrong on this one, Mahmoud. The word “agitators” is loaded even if that’s not obvious from a neutral reading of the definition. Not quite as loaded as “radical libtards” or “Christo-fascists,” but loaded.
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That said, I think “agitators” is accurate, too. Those dozen delusional yahoos certainly agitate me.
I think you have a point about the Nowains but again I think they only qualify as attempted agitators. Everybody with a half a brain looks at those twos antics and rolls their eyes. They aint stirring up much
You mean people happy with democracy who want to keep their right to vote? Sure, I guess I would call that status quo too.
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I don’t want the change where we lose our democracy and our right to vote.
It isn’t the word, it is the selective use of the word.
These election activists want secure elections which is in itself a noble goal. But some of their methods have discriminatory impacts (e.g. voter ID), which is why there’s so much backlash.
BLM activists opposed racism which is also a noble goal. But some of their methods have discriminatory impacts (e.g. affirmative action), which is why there was so much backlash.
Calling one group of activists agitators and not the other is an objective indication of bias.
Kinda seems like using the word agitators on this group is a bit of an overcall anyway I mean they are ATTEMPTING to stir up public dissent but failing miserably because about 99 percent of the populace looks at them, laughs dismissively and backs out of the room
Maybe “attempted agitators” would fit better
Lol 😆
The election deniers want “secure” elections? No matter what nonsense they push, we have secure elections already.
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Look, there is always room for improvement. I have nothing against making something better.
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But the fact is that there is still NO evidence of the mass fraud they insist is going on. If there really was that much mass fraud occuring everywhere, then somebody should have something to prove it.
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Mr Curtis and his folk were running the show, and they still have nothing. All they have is more accusations. That seems to be their mantra: make accusations, find no proof, start making other accusations to distract that they have nothing.
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The truth is that they really want to control elections and the outcomes. They want to win by any means necessary yet claim it is for “fair and secure” elections.
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There is nothing noble about what they do.
There is about as much evidence of recent election-altering fraud as there is of recent racially disparate use of deadly force by police: almost none. There are highly publicized exceptions, but the quantity of these incidents falls more under anecdata than evidence.
However, there is ample historical evidence of both.
Election fraud: LBJ’s box 13 scandal in 1948, JFK/LBJ’s widespread “irregularities” in Chicago and East Texas in 1960
Racist policing: “Sundown towns” like Cicero IL, Tempe AZ, Beverly Hills CA, Groton MA, Ashland OR, etc
As long as the protesters are peaceful then they have a legal right to do so. But as for that so called white house press whatever. I would say agitator is the right word to describe her, going from the words she chose to use.
Corkey would be funny if it weren’t for the fact he is supposed to represent me. The poor man cannot finish a sentence, let alone a complete thought. If he really is a self made successful businessman than I question his health. TBI? Stroke? Dementia??
Whatever it is, I hope he gets help soon as well as recognize his limitations and step down.
Shasta County taxpayers suffer and Clint get the attention he so sadly needs. We all know how we got here and at least two of the reasons (PJ & Crye) have been voted out as has Curtis. For the demented souls who continue to spout the election nonsense what can be done? Leaders are fleeing Shasta County/Redding and Medical professionals are avoiding it. Is there anything that the average, politically moderate citizen do to stop the madness? Joining the procession that is leaving this area is one answer that is looking more attractive every day.
What the F is wrong with Corky Harmon?
What the F is wrong with district 3 voters – that they thought Corky Harmon was the preferable, and superior, choice over Mary Rickert. (the credentialed and proven public servant) Virtually inexplicable from any – but most especially any ‘conservative’ – point of view! What an utter joke!
You made this bed ..
Once again, another reason why I believe all Shasta County voters should be able to vote for all 5 county BOS seats.
The holders of these seats have the power to totally fuck up everything they touch, see the last 5 years with the anselmo meat puppets doing maga shit to the county.
I contacted my supervisor Matt Plummer to get his whole opinion on this matter and make sure that he is not with these people. Luckily he is vehemently against these crazy election denying right wingers. I was very glad to hear that.
I occurs to me that any sane person in Clint’s position would have seen the handwriting on the wall and left the day after he lost the election. Could it be that the only reason he is hanging on is that nobody else in the country wants to hire him? Asking for a friend….
Sorry that you feel that way.
I really, really like the idea of Woodstock, Woodstock, Woodstock.
Silly, it’s the music!
Grifters gonna grift. They know that their opinions are unpopular. They know what they’re doing only serves to anger and divide the community. These people don’t care about Shasta County. They only care about themselves.
Seri, show me a pack of right-wing morons!
Aw…the usual proudly ignorant suspects!
Vote stupid, get stupid…
In a nutshell, this has nothing to do with the integrity of our elections, everything to do with wanting additional hurdles put in place for members of any political party other than the Republican Party. Since more Democrats than Republicans prefer to vote by mail, they want to severely reduce that option. Only disabled or deployed service members would retain that option. Since women, by a significant margin, are more likely to vote for Democrats, they can suppress their participation by requiring ID to vote. Marriage or divorce can result in their ID not matching the name they registered under when presented for in-person voting. Since minorities are more likely to vote Democrat, requiring more documentation to register to vote will disenfranchise that group. Finally, more Democrats, by a wide margin, prefer early voting compared to Republicans. Requiring one-day voting will limit that group’s participation. The SAVE Act is designed to suppress voting by women, minorities and those who prefer early voting or VBM. Suggesting our elections are corrupt is their motive for demanding major changes to our voting systems is necessary when the real reason is to suppress all these subgroups of voters .
Here’s my advice: Don’t mail your ballot to the ROV’s office until Der Pumpkinführer leaves office. It’s safer to drop it at a drop box.
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Orange Mussolini is trying to weaponize the US Postal Service to serve as a filter of whose ballots submitted by mail are valid, based on lists developed by his administration, and the Supreme Court has given him preliminary permission to do so. The obvious goal is selective disenfranchisement.
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Unless you absolutely have to, you should avoid voting by mail.
I see three good choices: drop in a drop box, drop to election office or drop at a polling place. Do not use the mail to return your ballot until 2029, or 2027 if Trump’s effort to disenfranchise voters has been thrown out of court by then.
This is being overblown. There are multiple lawsuits against the USPS rule and Mango Mussolini’s Executive Order. The SCOTUS ruling was strictly procedural in relation to the XO, and did not affect the injunction against the USPS rule. Beside the fact that there is zero Constitutional authority for the executive branch to interfere in election administration, there is no time to change the rules before the mid-terms.
Selah
But rural voters, predominantly Republican and not just in Shasta, will be disenfranchised too and in some areas a lot more than democrats.
That’s not how the Post Office screening is going to work if implemented. Yes, eliminating mail-in voting would disproportionately affect rural voters who as a group lean Republican, but that’s not how Trump’s plan affects mail-in voting. He wants the Post Office to screen mail-in ballots against a list of approved voters and not deliver ballots of those not on the list. The black box is that who will create the list and what criteria will be used to exclude voters from it is undefined and up to the Trump Administration. So, the question is: Do we trust the likes of Stephen Miller to not use this tool to tilt the playing field?
“Nevertheless, Cliford, the White House reporter…”
Do you mean “…the person claiming to be a White House reporter…”?
Sounds like yet another person desperate to be an influencer. Well it’s worked, because I’ve been influenced to keep exercising my right to vote.
FBI.
Oh yeah, Corrine Clifford. “Self styled independent journalist”. Googled her. Hard to find except in just the “basic info” lists like face book, IMBd, Linked in. But a few YouTube videos. She says she is White House press Corp which apparently has hundreds of members. I can’t find her on any list for the Corps members so something tells me she’s low hanging fruit. Didn’t even make being on Air Force One when Trump abandoned it and certainly doesn’t have Trump‘s ear. Also in one of the videos she calls herself a reporter of banned and censored news. Yeah. McConnell foundation is Antifa. Oh I so hope they are anti fascist.
The alleged irregularities occurred under Curtis’ watch. He should remove himself before the next election. Otherwise, he becomes complicit.
Curtis certified the last two elections under pressure from his supporters not to do so, but under penalty of perjury if he failed to do so for fabricated, indemonstrable reasons. He’s absolutely complicit if widespread irregularities occurred under his watch, but he certified the elections because he knows this shit is all make-believe embraced by his dumb-ass supporters. Give him credit for drawing the line at committing election interference felonies for them. Chris Kelstrom, to his credit, said yesterday that he now regrets voting to hire Curtis, and that Curtis has been off the rails for six months to a year, refusing the advice of county council Joseph Larmour.
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The FBI will quickly find that there is no evidence of systematic fraud in our election. The Sheriff isn’t as stupid as the dozen or so Usual Suspects who protested at the SO (plus one bat-shit, freak-show fake journalist from DC). He’s not going to embarrass himself by entertaining their paranoid delusions. He likely understands that the local crazies are down to their last dozen craziest, and he obviously doesn’t want any of their stink on him.
“The release stated that the sheriff is aware of the “controversy” involving Curtis and the ballots, saying it’s his understanding that the FBI is investigating the matter.
Therefore, Sheriff Johnson is urging members of the public to be patient and await the results of that investigation,” the release said. “At this point, launching a second investigation could complicate a process already in place.”
Take a breath people and let the investigations move forward before ‘excommunicating’ our fellow citizens. We’ve had enough of the last few years.
Who are you telling to take a breath? The election deniers? Or the people that are tired of the election deniers nonsense?
What’s amazing and entertaining in all of this is that these folks cannot see that they are forever playing Daffy Duck determined to get Bugs Bunny.
I might be obtuse but isn’t it Clint Curtis’s responsibility to check voter record, verify the signature on the envelope, match the signatures (need not be exact) and if signature is missing they need to reach out to the voter for verification and only then can the ballot be counted.
So my question is of all these “fake ballots” how many residents were called or any attempt to reach out to them to call them “fake”.
That is a really good point that I hope gets bubbles up to the right parties to directly ask.
You’re absolutely correct. Ballots that are challenged can be set aside until the voter is contacted.
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So if Mr. Curtis continued to process suspicious ballots, not verify the actual voter, and then continue to certify the election…then that’s his fault and shows incompetence.
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If ballots are going to be challenged, it needs to be done during the election and not after it has been certified.
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Mr. Curtis is claiming that he somehow knew of suspicious ballots, but he went ahead and certified the election anyway.
Maybe ol’ Bug Eyes Patel will swoop in on the FBI jet to sniff the “suspect” ballots his own self! These people are beyond parody.
Selah
Clint Curtis suffers from ATTENTION deficit. And, hence we suffer for it. If his name isn’t in the paper, he lost. His attitude: “Even bad press is better than no press.”
The McConnell foundation is decidedly left leaning and pro LGBGTQ.
Rick Perry
This comment is not germane to this conversation.
What is your point?
You do realize that the Foundation’s only source of funds they manage is an endowment from the founders, the McConnells. It is they that have directed the foundation on what programs and goals they have and specific in encouraging investments to better Northern California.
This is different to the private foundation Trump and his oldest children set up, had distributions that benefit them personally from donations they solicited to cover these things they personally wanted. Then the government found them guilty of fraud on several different charges, dissolved the foundation, distributed all the assists to, I think 5, legit nonprofits and they personally had to pay some $3 million in penalties and we’re barred from having any involvement with any other so-called charities organization. Which probably in their case isn’t very hard..
McConnell foundation is no different from right wing founder David Koch, who inspite of that, has its goals of “committment to advancing the philanthropic legacy of
David H. Koch, enriching the lives of individuals around the world through science and medical research, education, public policy, and the arts”.
Go here https://www.davidkochfoundation.org/grant-recipients to find all the WOKE organizations they fund like hospitals, medical research, several museums and performing arts venues, environmental programs.
So maybe a little research about who you slam in the world of philanthropy might help before you put forth your truisms.
Thank you to the McConnell Foundation for the Sundial Bridge and every other wonderful thing they’ve done for Redding and Shasta County.
Oh, PLEASE !!
(unless I was mistaken, and this was an attempt at sarcasm/satire .. )
That is such a relief to hear, thank you for sharing the good news!! Its about time we acknowledge the hard work of community building and mutual aid networks done by left-leaning oorganizations. The only reason we get lunch and water breaks today is because leftists died in droves nearly 100 years ago to give you that right. The only reason you get time off to give birth or recover from surgery is because leftists died in droves to give you that right 50 years ago. Every right you have to not be abused in the workplace or to know which politician does what and when, you can thank a leftist dying for.
As a queer person, I am so delighted to see your support for our community. Queer teens make up over half of all unhoused youth in Redding. They are more likely to die by suicide, something we are all obviously against happening. Only a person with no empathy and entirely out of touch with reality would want the LGBTQ community to continue to suffer under right wing governance.
Rick Perry
Thanks for the good news! Mighty Christian of ya!
Let’s be honest. These people are liars at best and complete idiots at worse. Shasta is a mess and these ridiculous people are part of the reason why. Sad and embarrassing. McConnell Foundation is antifa and President Trump will help with the suspect ballots. What lie will be next? These are not good Americans no matter how many flags they fly and lies they tell. Their fantasy world is hurting our county over and over and over again.
Every ballot has a name and address. Every person whose vote is being accused as fraudulent should be contacted. Privately, and given the opportunity to defend their choice and even pursue civil litigation for defamation. This s isn’t just annoying anymore.
Defend my choice?? That doesn’t sound like the America I grew up in. Of course, Shasta County in 2026 is also not the America I grew up in. They say Mount Shasta calls to the spiritual. It appears those that didn’t quite make it to Shasta stopped in Redding and fried their brains.
For Pete’s sake, it’s the same group of 20 people over and over again. They’re not adding anyone one new to their ranks because anyone with more than one brain cell can see they are full of it.
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It’s also pretty damn funny how big the whole conspiracy is becoming according to these election deniers. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
Now Kelstrom and the sheriff are in on the election fraud. The majority of people are supposedly in on this so-called election fraud.
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Hey election deniers, if so many people are in on your so-called mass election fraud, well that sounds like the majority of the people to me. Because just about everyone is in on it, right? Which means that you are in the minority and you do not actually represent the will of people.
These types of gatherings spewing nonsense are not spontaneous, there is always funding behind them especially from local companies.
I had to stop seeing my physical therapist Bryan Burch from Burch Physical Therapy, because I found out from talking to him at one of my appointments that he and his company were behind funding some of this election denial nonsense here in Shasta County. We had a close relationship over many years and that all came to an end when I found that out.
We have to work together to boycott the companies that fund these types of groups, trust me that cannot do it on their own.
Thank you for the information! Boycotting the businesses/money behind this nonsense is one proactive way to fight back.
YES! Boycotting businesses that support the conspiracies that infringe on our free choices in this democratic republic is the best way to oppose them.
It would be great to compile and publish a list (with citations to prevent legal blowback) of businesses and organizations that are infringing on our freedoms.
Shasta Scout, would you publish such a list?
These people are NEVER satisfied.
If Clint Curtis had won, they’d be screaming from the rooftops that Shasta County finally had the most secure, transparent election in America.
But Clint Curtis lost.
So now the election is “rigged.” Now there’s “malfeasance.” Now there are “fake ballots.” Now everyone is corrupt.
And I actually saw a sign that said, “We deserve election transparency.” Are you kidding me? YOUR GUY RAN THE ELECTION.
You got the election official you wanted.
You defended him.
You defended his process.
You told everyone to trust him.
Then he lost. And suddenly the entire system is broken? Please.
This is straight out of the Trump playbook.
2016: Trump wins. Election good.
2020: Trump loses. Election stolen.
2024: Trump wins. Election good again.
Next election: start screaming “rigged” early so if you lose, your supporters are already trained to reject the result.
That is not election integrity. That is outcome shopping.
Here is the rule they apparently cannot understand: An election does not become fraudulent just because your candidate lost.
You don’t get to praise the referee when the scoreboard favors you and accuse him of fixing the game when it doesn’t.
And when the man you trusted to oversee the election loses his own race, maybe the conspiracy isn’t that democracy failed. Maybe democracy WORKED.
You wanted the voters to decide. They did. You just don’t like what they said.
Maybe it’s time to find something else to do with your lives besides recycling the same tired conspiracy every time an election doesn’t go your way. At some point, “the election was rigged because we lost” stops being a serious argument and starts being a personality trait.
The votes were cast. The result is the result. Your guy lost. End of story.
Find a hobby. Touch some grass. Volunteer somewhere. Read a book. Start a garden. Do literally ANYTHING besides turning every defeat into another season of “Election Fraud: Shasta County Edition.”
This is old. It’s tired. It’s annoying. And frankly, the rest of Shasta County is exhausted from having to listen to you embarrass the entire county on the national stage.
Amen.
Amen and Hallelujah! Sanity still resides in Shasta County.
“Around 20 demonstrators stand in front of the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office” = notice that most of them are BOOMERS.
Those good-for-nothing don’t know what to do with their miserable lives while pretending to be “patriotic” conservative Americans; most of these undesirables won’t even be here by 2030 due to their declining health.
Baby boomers are America’s major generational failure.
Lol. Boomers catching strays from Will, per usual. Boomers have had a stranglehold on property and the media my entire life (can i please never hear about Woodstock again). Their parents saved the world and then these ones slid in to and ideal period of growth.
Yes our parents saved the world and I guess are some of United States original Antifa by fighting facism and dictators through out Europe, Asia and North Africa. At least the multi year war they fought was foisted on us by their attacks on our allies, and by us in the Pacific. They died and were wounded, bonded by true patriotism and had an actual clearly defined end goal. Which they met, point by point, yet sought no retribution to their enemies when they lost. So we have this life we have now, or maybe had before Trump, and supported by democrats and republicans alike, by them, their children, the Boomers, and grandchildren that followed.
As a bona fide Boomer, I have to agree my generation, for the most part, has failed to live up to its expectations.
For some reason most were taken in by the charm of Ronnie Ray Gun. They were too lazy and complacent to see the far reaching damage that Ray Gun, the Moral Majority and Corporate America had up their slimy sleeves.
At the same time Democrats became feckless. Lost the ability to stay in touch with the people. They took money from rich libs (Hollywood, lawyers etc.).
Please remember that not ALL Boomers fell for this crap. Many of us fought the GOP & Clinton types.
So try not to generalize and put people into convenient groups. My generation has many people that tried for many years to stop what we are experiencing today.
A lot of this tantrum from Clint is hilarious… but probably the silliest and most absurd is calling the McConnell “antifa”.
They’re one of the few guardians of the arts and culture we’ve got left in Nor Cal… but by and far all their executive board is conservative regardless. The never ending purity test by MAGA to limit themselves to only “real” conservatives is going to continue to ensure only the truly loony get into the inner circle.
Who had the brilliant idea and photoshopped that ANTIFA BUS and blamed CHP for the broadcast? I personally do not suspect former Sheriff Magrini and hope he wins his lawsuit against the county, XX.