Elections

Medford voters are being asked to approve a hotel tax increase this November. It started as an effort to bring a minor league baseball team to Medford. But the idea has now turned into a major conference center with a possible baseball stadium on the side.

California is known for taking weeks to tally its ballots, causing uncertainty and frustration among voters. That could change with a faster turn-around under a new state law.

After months of delays and refinement, Shasta County Supervisors have approved funding for an elections experiment in the county meant to improve transparency.

In March of last year, voters passed a ballot measure making Shasta a charter county. But officials missed a critical step after that election.

Shasta County Supervisors appointed an interim elections official with plans to create a hyper-transparent voting system, but the plan is stalled because supervisors can't agree how to pay for it.

The proposed budget for the elections department in Shasta County gives some insight into the new clerk’s goals to overhaul the department.

Young Californians were disillusioned with Democrats last November. The solution? A simple message, a focus on cost-of-living and progressive causes, and a reckoning with the party’s age problem, say young Democrats.

Shasta County’s new clerk, Clint Curtis, fired assistant county clerk Joanna Francescut, a political rival who had also applied for the position.

2025 election results from Southern Oregon, including school boards, fire districts and levy measures in Jackson, Josephine and Curry counties.

This special election comes as libraries face increasing turmoil and efforts to challenge books.

The JPR news team gathers for a roundtable discussion of the top news stories they've been working on this week.

Four candidates are vying for two contested seats on the board of Jackson County Fire District 5 in the May election.