Shasta ROV Curtis says he has requested federal intervention, claiming a lot of June election ballots ‘did not feel or look right’
Records obtained by Shasta Scout document Curtis saying he’s contacted federal officials over “suspect ballots,” which he believes require outside intervention — potentially from the FBI. A little-known gubernatorial candidate is amplifying his claims.
Shasta County Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis says he has requested intervention from the federal government because a lot of ballots from the June primary election “did not feel or look right.”
News of Curtis’ request comes from email communication received by Shasta Scout that was obtained through a records request. His request for federal intervention is coming to light more than a month after the June election and almost two weeks after he certified Shasta’s election results, including the results of his own race which he lost to former Assistant ROV Joanna Francescut.
Shasta’s election official made the claims in emails to California gubernatorial candidate Raji Rab. Curtis told Rab that Shasta’s ballots contained irregularities that prompted him to request federal intervention to authenticate the ballots, something he said could include a third-party review by an entity such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
As proof of his claim, Curtis provided Rab with about a dozen testimonials written by election staffers and activists that verbalize alleged irregularities on ballots — such as claims that ballots were printer-made copies — without showing physical proof. Almost every informant donated to Curtis’ election campaign.
“The information on the suspect ballots has already been submitted to federal agencies but no tests have been done to date,” Curtis wrote in his email to Rab. Curtis also noted the possibility of working with the FBI to determine the authenticity of ballots and said if that agency isn’t available, he plans to research other companies that could do so.
Involving the FBI or other federal agencies in a review of California ballots may violate a new law passed urgently by the California legislature earlier this year, which prohibits law enforcement officers from interfering with elections.
Curtis did not answer questions sent by Shasta Scout, saying that he cannot comment on ongoing investigations.
The election official’s claims of ballot irregularities have since been amplified by Rab, who wrote to state officials on July 13 expressing concern about the authenticity of Shasta’s ballots amid his own efforts to gain a recount of votes cast on his behalf.
Speaking to a reporter today, Rab said he’s ready to take the matter to federal court, noting President Donald Trump’s concerns with California elections.
How a little-known candidate for governor got involved
On July 3, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rab requested California’s secretary of state issue a recount of ballots from the June 2 election, arguing his roughly 3,600 statewide votes were statistically low according to his own analysis. He asked for a free manual recount, saying “extraordinary” costs must not obstruct his rights.
In response, the secretary of state notified all 58 counties of their responsibility under the law to provide a cost estimate for recount. In a separate communication, the state told Rab he’d need to pay those costs.
On July 10, Curtis emailed Rab in response to the cost estimate request, claiming there were irregularities in many of Shasta’s ballots and saying he should not have to pay for the recount “if the ballots that are recounted are suspect.” Curtis suggested that Rab should get permission to test Shasta’s ballots and told Rab he’d already requested intervention from federal agencies due to the alleged ballot issues.
Curtis also included in his email about a dozen testimonials — labeled as affidavits, or written statements made under oath — from Shasta election staffers and residents of other counties like San Diego and Sonoma. Several of those who wrote the testimonials said they were part of Take Our California Back, an election integrity organization that has promoted figures outspoken about election skepticism, including Curtis and Douglas Frank.
The individuals claimed that they had noted several “recurring patterns,” either through their observation of ballot processing livestreams or their physical handling of ballots, and that those patterns may “warrant further examination.” Local election activists like Measure B proponent Deidre Holliday and state partition-proponent Ron Plumb, who both assisted with ballot processing, wrote that they had noticed ballots that appeared to have been machine-printed because the voting response squares were perfectly colored in and had no pen indentations.
Plumb also said he perceived several ballots as having different weights and paper types than others. He added that it was “remarkable” that some ballots contained votes for both Measure B and Francescut, claiming she opposed the focus points of the measure — something several others also mentioned in their testimonials. Francescut has not publicly taken a stance on Measure B, stating instead that she’ll implement it as long as it’s not struck down by the courts.
Plumb also noted that Measure B’s provisions are “All supported in ‘The Save America Act’ written and supported by President Donald J. Trump.”
Another informant, Tim Saunders, alleged that many ballots had an “unusual voting pattern, wherein the ballot would contain votes for both Republican and Democrat candidates inconsistent with conservative or liberal values.” He also claimed hundreds of ballots were filled in with “perfect precision,” saying they appeared to be copies.
After Rab received the testimonials shared by Curtis, he wrote again to the secretary of state, saying Shasta County should be the first place to start the process of a statewide manual recount “because the alarming developments documented in this supplemental filing originated there.”
“Accordingly, they independently warrant verification through a free, fair, transparent, and meaningful statewide manual recount,” Rab wrote, “so that every lawfully cast vote may be accurately counted, properly attributed, fully reconciled, and publicly verified, thereby restoring public confidence in California’s electoral process.”
Rab confirmed for a reporter today that he also received a testimonial about alleged election irregularities that Curtis wrote himself, though only the title of the file, not its contents, was included in the records received by Shasta Scout.
While Rab was not immediately able to provide that document, his letter to the secretary of state indicated that Curtis’ affidavit likely included information about statistical divergences, chain-of-custody concerns and administrative delays affecting election records.
Rab wrote in his letter that the state’s lack of public response to Curtis’ affidavit is a concern.
“Respectfully, that circumstance itself warrants immediate administrative attention,” Rab said.
Shasta Scout sent a list of questions to the secretary of state’s office asking whether Curtis has notified that office about his concerns, and seeking to confirm whether there’s a plan of action to address the allegations. The state was also asked to clarify whether a county official’s certification of an election is intended to indicate confidence in its results. The office said it could not immediately provide a response.
Shasta Scout also asked the state if Curtis’ request for federal intervention might violate SB 73, a new state law that bans law enforcement officers from interfering with elections. It was passed in the wake of Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco’s decision to seize ballots in that county.
Safeguards included in the law allow the California Attorney General’s and Secretary of State’s Offices to override the authority of a county election official in some circumstances. It’s a provision that may have been intended to address officials like Curtis, who has previously expressed interest in working with federal agencies.
The state attorney general’s office was also asked about Curtis’ concerns and whether his actions might violate SB 73. A spokesperson responded simply:
“We are aware of the situation and are monitoring it closely.”
Annelise Pierce contributed reporting for this story.
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Well NC, since I am unable to reply to directly to your comment below, here is my retort:
1. I believe in the right to bear arms.
2. I think our government should control spending and spend taxpayer dollars wisely and efficiently. Call it fiscal responsibility.
3. I do think that we should have rational immigration policies that make sense. We should have control of our borders, just not the way that Trump is doing things.
4. I believe in accountability in government, local control…. Do I need to keep going?
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I think it scares you that there are fiscal conservatives out there who have not come to the same conclusions that you have. It scares you that there are fiscal conservatives who practice independent thinking instead of toeing the political party line and group think.
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So call me a liberal as much as you want, but it ain’t true bud.
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I won’t toe the line, and I will speak out against what I consider the element that has hijacked and misrepresented what being conservative means.
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Have a nice night!
Jolly:
What do you think of this?
The 2A was written in a time of single shot rifles (muskets).
How you go to allowing single shot rifles is beyond me. I don’t understand.
Too many crazy people have assault weapons. Mass killings have become common, news of the day.
At the time of the writing of the constitution, there was little or no organized military.
Can you justify militias with assault rifles today?
Joe, just because I believe in the right to bear arms, that does not mean that I think it’s okay to just hand out assault rifles.
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In fact, I find it somewhat darkly humorous that some people are against some forms of technology like voting machines, but then those same people are are all for getting the most technologically advanced gun you can get.
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So yes, I believe in the right to bear arms. It doesn’t mean that I believe in giving my neighbor access to an armed tank.
I meant to say from single shot to assault weapons
The Secretary of State team communicated the following to all county elections officials today (July 16, 2026) at 5:11 p.m.
“We have been notified by Shasta County that Mr. Rab, the recount requestor, did not provide the statutorily required advance deposit of the funds for the first day of recount costs. As such, Mr. Rab’s statewide recount request for the office of Governor is terminated. (C.C.R., tit. 2, § 20355.) We have advised Mr. Rab of the termination of his recount request.”
For the November ballot vote NO on upcoming Measures E & F formerly P & Q which both lost last election.
Well, isn’t that great. Because I am deliberate and neat when I carefully color in my boxes, my vote is now suspect? Give me a break. I am so tired of this BS.
The most important thing the SoS should investigate is the improper distribution of blank ballots by Laura Hobbs and the possible cover-up that followed.
Exactly ! And now Laura Hobbs has refused to work under the direction of one of the long time staff and will only confer with Curtis, can’t take orders eh ?
MAGA is a cheesey and necessary reset of field position after Obama allowed his party to stomp on the self-employed for years (I actually think Obama is an honorable, if naive American, unlike Biden, Kamala, Gavin, the Clintons, and Trump). Celebrating American exceptionalism and our traditions existed before a formal MAGA acronym and will continue once that label is passe.
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This is a similar tranectory to the civil rights struggle that preceded BLM and continues in the wake of their administrative corruption. The core idea is noble and endures.
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They are/were the marketable face of broader cultural shifts.
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What MAGA and Trump did was push back against years of self-loathing wokeness that discouraged intuition. I remember when Trump issued the first country no-fly list… what a relief, even if it didnt last. Finally someone other than Bill Maher was calling out islamo-terrorist controlled countries. Just don’t ont let them in… so simple. That was the first time I thought “oh, this is a breath of fresh air after being talked down to for years.”
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Im curious if the country has enough MAGA fatigue to elect Newsom/someone else or if Vance will win primarily byway of Trump lineage (equal to how Biden was the closest you could get to voting for Obama). Both sides should be extra motivated as they are aware of how razor thin the election will be if there are viable candidates–hence the redistricting and renewed interest in election fraud.
Who is interested in nearly non-existent election fraud? Not me. The sore loser is perpetuating the Big Lie again tonight if you’re interested. He desperately wants his voter suppression (SAVE) act passed before the next election because he is afraid of losing his ability to shred the constitution daily. Yes, people are becoming wise, or woke as you call it, after voters were duped by this charlatan’s many lies spun daily on the campaign trail.
Trump derangement syndrome is stronger than MAGA syndrome because it blocks reading comprehension. Lack of voter ID is fraud for the majority of voters in Shasta County and we will continue to push for it. Trump is a footnote. Voter ID is a forever item in the game of life.
Voter ID is a distraction. Besides, many who have ID are ineligible to vote. I take it you never read the fine print on the back of your driver’s license?
Are you trying to use “the majority” as an excuse for groupthink? Be an independent thinker and think outside the box.
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Stop living in fear that all these people are voting who aren’t supposed to.
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All you are doing is showing that you are ignorant of what it takes to become an active registered voter.
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Dude, stop acting like you speak for the majority of voters in Shasta county when you clearly don’t.
The ANC minority moved over here when Doni started focusing on recipes. I do speak for the majority that voted for measure B.
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Comparing signatures is an archaic way to prove identity. To garner street cred, shasta county liberals always say “im a fiscal conservative but….” Nope. You’re not. Fiscal conservatives like Donald Trump. Shasta County loves Donald Trump… not because he’s oke of us, but because there is no alternative.
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No fiscal conservative has ever said, “im a fiscal conservative and I prefer Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to Donald Trump.”
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SS is slowly turning this thing over to the ANC transplants. The writing is great and mostly impartial, but the censoring of conservative thought is increasing.
Short and sweet. Mr. Curtis was hired to produce a free and fair election with his high level of expertise. How could fraud happen on your seasoned and tested watch. Did you, Mr. Curtis, just admit that your way is the least effective way? You lost….buck up buttercup!
The comments on this site follow the lefts tiresome repetitive talking points. No one will ever convince the left of any fraud or election irregularities. They should be happy now that Democrat Party aligned Joanna will be ROV and she does not support even Voter ID.
Well Bruce, maybe you can be one of the first people to actually provide some solid proof of mass election fraud. People wanting proof before they accept something as fact is neither a right nor left talking point
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I’m a fiscal conservative buddy. You need to convince ME that there is actual election fraud going on. Because so far you election deniers have got nothing. Zip. Nada. Zilch.
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So what you got? Where’s your proof?
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While we are waiting for you to provide proof, I want to highlight that there are PLENTY of other conservative leaning folks in Shasta county who do not agree with election deniers unfounded beliefs. Sure, go ahead and call them all left leaning even though that is not true.
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Regarding Joanna – she’s nonpartisan dude. That means she hasn’t told everyone her views on election ID. That’s because she is really is nonpartisan.
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Waiting for your proof.
Welcome. I need a friend.
So what’s the big deal about voter ID?
I don’t get it, Brad has it right, we already identified ourselves and it is verified by checking signatures.
Seems like another empty threat , just like ‘The Communists are coming.”
Maybe you could convince the “left” if you came up with, you know, actual proof of you claims? Also, ID must be presented to register to vote. Do try and keep up.
Selah
If you have proof of voter fraud, let’s see it. I too am tiresome of the repetitive claims of rampant voter fraud by those on the right absent a shred of evidence to back up their claims. Since only 10% of voters vote in person, why do you believe making them show ID will accomplish anything? Oh wait, that’s right, this is not really about showing ID, right Bruce? It’s about eliminating the manner 90% of us prefer to vote, VBM.
I voted both parties like I always do as an independent. I meticulously and purposely filled in the squares with a black felt sharpie. I wanted it to be done perfectly because I didn’t want Curtis to be able to question anything. Ironic that the perfection is what he’s questioning. We’re supposed to have a secret ballot in this country, so the freaks and weirdos hired by Curtis have NO right reviewing my choices and calling them suspicious. Everything is suspicious to them evidently including using spellcheck. As far as I’m concerned they’re acting like criminals and thugs disregarding laws, making fake and stupid allegations and causing as much chaos as possible. BOS: correct your egregious bad decision and fire Curtis NOW. You have legal cause to do it, so grow a spine and get this POS out of here.
Everything is a fraud or conspiracy if you don’t understand how things work. Or if you’re a sore loser
Honestly, that is one of the biggest problems right now: lot of people don’t know how things actually work so they fall back to their “gut” feeling about how things should be.
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It’s really kind of sad, I thought human beings had advanced past the state of unknown fears/beliefs/paranoia, and were leading more towards logic and facts.
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I mean, hell, that is what our forefathers actually intended for our country.
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It’s very amusing to me that there are people who keep referring to the forefathers of our nation, and yet failed to realize they were the radicals and forward-thinking people of that time.
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Pretty sure the British king at that time would have called them some equivalent of what we consider leftist today..
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Think about it, the conservative point of view at that time would have been to defer to your king and the royal country that gave birth to you.
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According to the British Kingdom at that time, those upstart colonials in the United States were extremist and radicals. And they would call them leftists by today’s terms.
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What’s that saying again? He who doesn’t learn from the mistakes of the past is doomed to repeat it?
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I am a conservative. I believe in following in the example of our forefathers. And they said to be independent and think for yourself and not to do group think.
On November 12, 2020, thousands of federal and state election-security officials, including the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which employs thousands, and Trump’s own Attorney General, William Barr, issued a joint statement from Trump’s own government. “There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised,” and concluded the 2020 Election was “the most secure in American history.”
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But our local MAGA BIG LIE pimps, including C. Curtis, P. Jones, L. Hobbs, and most supporters of, and with the help of K. Crye and C. Kelstorm, have spent millions of taxpayers’ dollars to make Shasta County’s social and political landscape sick from MAGA’s spreading the election fraud disease, while our county teeters on the brink of bankruptcy.
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In clinical psychiatric assessments, a person can be clinically diagnosed with a delusional disorder (as outlined in the DSM-5-TR) when they experience one or more fixed, false beliefs for at least one month, and these beliefs persist despite clear contradictory evidence. Cult leaders, to grow power, often enforce a singular, distorted reality. Over time, members adopt identical, unshakeable false beliefs. Local MAGA, under direction from their cult leaders, a convicted criminal and adjudicated rapist, has been on this track for the last 5 years. The only thing that differentiates MAGA from a clinical diagnosis is the DSM caveat that their lies and beliefs “must fall well outside the person’s cultural or subcultural norms.”
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These people are firmly in the cult of Trump, and their diagnosis for recovery is not good, but, yes, good riddance as far as Crye and Curtis are concerned.
“Ballots were filled neatly in lines and showed little to no pencil marks”
I’m sorry, did they forget about the usage ADA voting machines? Someone please correct me if they stopped using them, but that is HIGHLY likely to be their “discrepancy” they claim.
Also, voting for democrats AND republicans is so common, it’s absolutely crazy how out of touch these people are. Being able to vote split-ticket gives us more freedom to choose who we think is “best” qualified for the job!
If, as publicly reported, the Registrar of Voters believed that a significant number of June election ballots “did not feel or look right” and considered the matter serious enough to seek federal intervention, then the public deserves a clear, evidence-based explanation. When were these concerns first identified? What objective facts, testing, documentation, or chain-of-custody records supported them? Which county procedures were followed, and when were the appropriate authorities notified? These are legitimate questions, not political attacks. Allegations touching the integrity of ballots are among the most serious claims that can be made by an election official because they directly affect public confidence in the electoral process. Such claims should therefore be supported by verifiable evidence and handled with the highest degree of professional transparency and procedural rigor.
For that reason, Shasta County should give serious consideration to an independent review of the Registrar of Voters office conducted by qualified outside professionals, including attorneys experienced in public-sector administrative law, independent auditors, and election-administration experts. The purpose of such a review would not be to predetermine wrongdoing or exoneration, but to establish a complete factual record concerning election procedures, internal controls, records management, compliance with applicable law, and any legal or administrative issues requiring corrective action. If the Registrar’s concerns were well founded, the evidence should demonstrate that. If they were not, the public deserves that conclusion as well. Either outcome would strengthen public confidence by ensuring that questions are answered through objective investigation rather than speculation or political rhetoric.
The only thing suspect and in need of investigation is Curtis. I’ve been voting for 60 years and never have I voted a straight party ticket. I vote for whom ever I feel is the best candidate after my research is completed. Also, like Anne, I’m very careful when I fill in the little boxes. Yes, I’m inconsistent and I’m NOT a robot.
Once Curt heads back to Florida and Crye goes the way of Jones, conservative Shasta County will still support voter ID, still support immigration enforcement, and still support an America first policy president. We’ll do a kinder, gentler Bethel council for a while. Fascism and Hitler comparisons will still make you look ridiculous. Try harder, be better. Dont smoke pot.
I’m a conservative, buddy, and you definitely don’t speak for me, let alone all of Shasta county.
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So yeah man, take your own advice and don’t smoke pot dude.
“Smoking marijuana makes me feel the way I want to feel”
Paraphrasing D J Short
Is it possible the “printer-made copies” were those of the blind or disabled, who can use the machine at each polling place to cast their votes? Once these voters have completed their ballot on the machine, a copy of their ballot is printed out and put in the ballot box with the hand marked ballots.
His theory about voters not voting across party lines is the same debunked theory he used to suggest, without any proof, Crye beat back the recall by more than 500 votes. I believe that ballot item was both machine and hand counted to verify he escaped recall by a few dozen votes.
Clearly these MAGA types will not be happy with any election result, even if they win.
Curtis is trying a MAGA tactic to support Trumps’ bid to take over the November elections and assure that MAGA stays in power. What can citizens here in Shasta County do to fight this?
State law regarding voter-requested recounts is contained in California Elections Code sections 15620 – 15634 and Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations sections 20350 – 20363
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=ELEC&division=15.&title=&part=&chapter=9.&article=3.
https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Browse/Home/California/CaliforniaCodeofRegulations?guid=I5AB2B330391211EF90F3C6BC7A8D7A71&bhcp=1&bhhash=1&transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29#IAE319AA0392E11EFB7338A96EA1F0D24
Among the requirements in State law:
Rab’s recount must start by Thursday, July 16, 2026, and be conducted for six hours each day.
Rab must pay a deposit for the county’s daily costs – the first deposit must be paid a day before the recount starts (Wednesday, July 15) and before the recount work starts on each subsequent day.
“All actual costs of the recount that would not have been incurred but for the requestor’s particular recount request shall be directly recoverable from the requestor and may include, but are not limited to, additional supervision hours, security guard hours, the elections official’s staff hours, space rental, transportation of ballots and materials and administrative costs.”
Not charging for the cost of a voter-requested recount would be considered a gift of public funds.
The start of the recount can include the preparation of relevant material for review or ballots for recounting (actual counting is not required the first day).
If Rab doesn’t pay the Day 1 deposit on July 15 or any subsequent daily deposit, he abandons his recount and the recount is terminated (there is no provision in law to pause a recount).
Little fish(es), little pond, little lives. Boredom is a bitch.
People looking for fraud, indeed needing fraud to question an election, will find fraud, whether it truly exists or not.
The BOS brought in Curtis who turned out to be a MAGA monster of far right conspiracy theories. His conduct was highly criticized. He lost his first election to be ROV, yet continues to attempt to stir conspiracies about voting. I urge the BOS to immediately fire him.
I also urge the Shasta County district attorney to investigate Curtis for criminal charges.
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How ridiculous!This is predicated on a conspiracy theory that keeps on giving BS What a waste of time resources and money.No proof or evidence of fraud.HOW STUPID IS THIS
The only irregularity that will be found is all the spelling errors on the ballots.
Wow – Um….. he’s talking about MY BALLOT
““unusual voting pattern, wherein
—- the ballot would contain votes for both Republican and Democrat candidates inconsistent with conservative or liberal values.”
—- He also claimed hundreds of ballots were filled in with “perfect precision,” saying they appeared to be copies.
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— In local elections party affiliation means almost nothing – I vote every time for candidates of multiple parties. That’s common and not inconsistent with a thoughtful approach to choosing candidates for good governance
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—- And – for some reason, I never really thought about it before – but yes, I always try to be veeery carefully fill in the bubble fully and not out of the lines. Never really thought about why I do this … but for some reason I thought this would help make sure the ballot wasn’t mis-read or thrown out. It’s not that hard to be “precision perfect” to fill in between the lines. I am being careful to do the right thing, as I’m sure others are doing.
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— so now my ballot might not be counted because I vote across party lines (as many locals do) and because I take time to carefully fill in the ballot.
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I sure hope we get more than 16.5% (last election) of registered voters to actually vote this fall
– to get new people to bring us good governance in this office and the other positions across California and Shasta County.
Honest question: shouldn’t these fraudulent claims about our local elections be considered ACTUAL election fraud and attempted election interference?
In answer to that question, I think the definition of fraud is misrepresentation known to be false by the person making the misrepresentation, and making the false claim with the express intent to deceive. So therefore, I think by that definition the answer is yes—Curtis is actively perpetrating a fraud against the voters of Shasta county and the entire state of California with these false claims.
I went to Viet Nam prior to the passage of the 26th Amendment and have voted in every election since, I am offended by and find it perhaps illegal that a poll worker can examine my selected vote preferences and somehow conclude that my choices constitute a discrepancy. I describe myself politically as a fiscally conservative labor democrat, I’m sure the poll workers are unaware that, and of how that would impact my choices on a ballot. This is a giant WTF!
Lol if I understand proposition b – right now there are no registered voters in Shasta County. Lol I wonder when the county’s going to send out mailed notices to the previous registered voters letting them know they lost their right to vote. Not even the county board of supervisors are registered voters right now. When will the personal interest gainers (pig’s) holding office do their job for hard-working honest Americans in Shasta County.
How naive I was to assume that the ROV drama would end with Fransecut’s election! The BOS brought this nuisance upon us and they must end the nonsense now.
Yes it is odd how he was in charge of everything looking over the shoulders that they were counted and still claims fraud. If there was fraud then he did it. Get out Curtis we’re done with you. And thank you to Shasta Scout for keeping it legitimate speaking the truth
I wonder if the Shasta County Board of Supervisors could–and would if they could–publicly declare that the appointment of Clinton Curtis to the position of county clerk and registrar of voters by the Board was an egregious mistake.
They’ll declare that it was a mistake when pigs fly.
It is disturbing that paid poll workers / supports of curtis are reviewing how people have voted. I wonder how legal that is? Considering curtis’s claims of the best honest transparent fair election SC has ever had.
Also, I do not vote strictly party lines. So for these poll workers claim that is a weird observance, they seem to be out of touch with today’s reality. And again, I feel it is illegal for them seeing how people are voting.
You mean he just proved how inaccurate, inefficient and fallible his own system is?
Nice….
Am I out of touch? No, it’s the voters who are wrong. -Curtis
MAGA was built on a foundation of lies, disinformation and gossip level nonsense so they have no choice but to continue with the same. Since the people of Shasta County have awakened to the MAGA scam, Curtis and his team of delusional liars are appealing to Big Daddy for help.
Absolutely more BS dragged into Shasta County. And who’s it going to cost The taxpayer
I did not vote a straight ticket. I crossed party lines several times. Apparently so did my neighbors as Erin and Heather won overwhelmingly
The dude is more a POS than an ROV…
Cannot wait to see him carried on a railroad tie out of town…
Tic toc, fruitcakes and nutburgers. Your days in the sun are numbered. Most of us can’t wait to put you all in our collective rear-view mirror. Soon you’ll go back to being what you were before MAGA—a bunch of fools yammering at public meetings, quick with conspiracy theories based on nothing beyond your gut feelings, always short on anything resembling evidence.
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189 more days, and you brain-damaged weirdos are out on your asses. We look forward to the day: January 20, 2027. Buh bye.
Soon, people (several come to mind) who collude with Curtis will be reduced to standing on the corner of Cypress and Hilltop waving poorly made, scrawled on signs warning of impending doom. So much for all that faux-patriotic flag waving. Sad. Hopeful note – they’ll still be free to exercise their First Amendment right of free speech.
News flash for the election deniers: The days of people voting straight party line tickets (if they ever existed) are over. People often split their choices and others are Independents. I am a lifelong Democrat but have on occasion voted for Republicans when I thought they were the better candidates.
This is the biggest bunch of baloney. It defies imagination that any of this could have happened the way Mr. Curtis described.
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So let me get this straight: Mr. Curtis, the same person who has never actually won an election, the same person who has never provided ANY evidence for any of his claims, came in claiming that he was going to have the most transparent and secure election ever seen.
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But somehow, after hiring all his buddies and election deniers who were also supposed to keep an eye on everything, SOMEHOW there was still massive election fraud. Never mind the fact that there were probably more people observing the Shasta county election than ever before.
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Again, no evidence of any type. Just a gut feeling that he had.
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So based on a gut feeling that he had, he reaches out to a basically unknown gubernatorial candidate to spread claims of mass fraud. All of his witnesses are the same people who have claimed election fraud previously without any proof.
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Hogwash.
Yeah it reminds me of somebody sitting in the White House. Same BS cost in the taxpayer to play their games. I will be happy when they’re gone the people have spoken
Back to cloud cuckoo land! Hurry January!
Odd that the email screenshot from Curtis shows the message coming from his personal account, rather than a Shasta County account. Is Curtis communicating to Rab in his official capacity or as citizen Clint? If the latter, is he violating any Shasta County policies by discussing detailed election/County matters and actions that might affect the County with external parties on his own time?
I was thinking similar thoughts. Curtis refuses to discuss the investigation with the media, but is perfectly fine discussing it with Rab. Two-faced and double dealing just begins to describe his actions.
So now coloring within the lines is suspicious? How juvenile.
That’s funny because I almost expected my ballot to be challenged because of sloppiness due to my tremor. I wished for a way of filling it out by machine–every box filled in perfectly. Maybe some voters did that!
More darkly, could Curtis and his supporters have produced the ballots they are now complaining about (exhibit a) for the feds to see?
Bingo
You called it..nuclear option in case crye and curtis
lost
Conservative here… I absolutely think all these people are nutjobs…can’t wait for Joanna to be back.
We suspected Curtis would try some end game..long way to January and they can still do a bunch of damage
There are two options available to all voters to use accessible ballot marking technology under California law, which would result in perfectly filled in voting targets.
All in-person voting locations must have an accessible ballot marking device for voters who need assistance marking their ballot independently. Assuming Shasta County used official ballot paper with the required watermark and ballot tint in the device printer, the ballot would be on official ballot paper.
All voters also have the ability mark their ballot on their home computer and printer using the remote accessible vote-by-mail application. It’s a mandated service for voters pursuant to California Elections Code section 3016.7 (see below). Voters who use this service will not have official ballot paper at home, which for the Hart Verity system requires the elections official to transfer the votes on the voter’s RAVBM ballot onto an official ballot before the ballot is tabulated.
3016.7.
The county elections official shall permit any voter to cast a ballot using a certified remote accessible vote by mail system, regardless of whether the voter is a voter with disabilities or a military or overseas voter.
Boy, this just gets better and better. Many thanks to Scout for ferreting this information out. I hope this ends soon. It is wearisome and insulting to the rational, law abiding majority who just want the 6 year General Hospital drama to end.
Just when you think Curtis and his gang of morons can’t get any more stupid, they go and do this. Hopefully we build a new mental health facility here soon because these people need a place to land when the rug is finally pulled from under them for good.
Look, guys. Spend a little more time with voters, and you will discover that they have a dizzying variety of funny reasons for making the decisions they do from one race to another.
It is surprising to see Measure B pass while Joanna won. The people who voted yes on both apparently like Voter ID and think Curtis was an underwhelming Registrar ot Voters. That is not an unreasonable set of conclusions, even if Curtis’ fans don’t see it that way. It is certainly not evidence of fraud that someone’s vote doesn’t make sense to you.
Measure B passed because the voters either didn’t realize what was in it (beside Voters ID), or they believed the lies (supporting it) they were told even in the voter’s informational guide..
Well said.
I agree. As a county we voted for a charter. Not surprised we voted for measures B along the same lines. It’s a conservative rural county that likes to give the finger to California. But we also don’t like terrible leaders that only bring drama. Hence, the vote against Curtis. It’s totally understandable.
Charter can be undone and go back to a sensible General County which we were for decades with no problem.