Voting

Shasta County voters will consider a ballot measure that faced legal challenges before the primary election.

California makes it easy to vote, with mail-in ballots and registration at the DMV. An upcoming ballot measure would add new voter ID requirements compelling people to prove their citizenship before they cast a ballot.

Legislative Democrats on the Assembly Elections Committee advanced a bill on Wednesday aimed at keeping armed officers away from polling places and daycare facilities.

The May 19 primary will determine who will face off in the November general election.

In most places, a county clerk race draws little attention. In Shasta County, it’s become a referendum on how elections should be conducted.

Oregon, the first state to adopt universal mail voting, is one of more than 20 states suing to block the order

A judge sealed the warrants allowing a sheriff to seize 600,000 ballots. News organizations say the public has a right to see what’s in them.

The proposal includes voter ID requirements, hand-counted ballots and limits on vote-by-mail, and could face further legal challenges if approved by voters.

A judge in Shasta County heard arguments Wednesday over a proposed ballot measure that appears to violate state law.

Elections officials say it wouldn’t be difficult to transition back to a hard Election Day deadline, which was in place until 2022.

A California sheriff running for governor has seized more than half a million ballots cast in a November special election from county election officials, saying he's investigating a ballot count discrepancy.

At a news conference Friday, Sen. Ron Wyden and Secretary of State Tobias Read said they would defend mail-in voting and the state’s election integrity.