06/08/2026
Following a Special Meeting of the Board of Supervisors on Saturday, June 6, 2026, the Board voted to release as much info as is legally allowable as quickly as possible regarding an incident that occurred at the Shasta County Elections Department, located at 1643 Market Street on June 4, 2026.
The following is a summary of that incident, which has already been reported to the Secretary of State, as matters pertaining to elections in California fall under their jurisdiction. Additional details omitted from this summary to protect the individuals involved were also provided to the Secretary of State.
During a reconciliation of the early vote, which is a standard process following an election, discrepancies were found, suggesting that a small number of additional ballots may have been handed out to voters prior to election day by one employee. Further, since the reconciliation process is required to be completed prior to certain reports being available from the Election Information Management System (EIMS), those reports may not have been properly balanced before being run from EIMS.
The working documents and election materials were locked in a cabinet, in the office, until the employees working on the reconciliation were able to return and continue the work later. During the interim, those documents were removed by another employee, copied, given to the Clerk & Registrar of Voters, Clint Curtis, and securely locked in another employee’s office.
At no time did original ballots, or election materials leave the Elections Department at 1643 Market Street.
Copies of the documents, which may have included the following voter information, were retained and removed from the office by the Clerk & Registrar of Voters, Clint Curtis:
• Names
• Addresses
• Reason(s) they were requesting a new ballot
• Date of Birth
• Signature (or facsimile thereof)
• Phone Number
Since this matter falls under the jurisdiction and discretion of the Secretary of State, the County of Shasta will not be initiating litigation at this time.
