Shasta County California going with Paper Ballots

Shasta County (California) County Supervisors Vote to Go with Paper Ballots

The County Supervisors in Shasta County, California, voted on March 28 to go with paper ballots in elections going forward. The vote was 3-2.

In January, the County Supervisors in Shasta (a red) County voted to get rid of Dominion voting systems in their elections. This vote sent shockwaves through the state.

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors following hours of debate passed by a 3-2 vote to go with hand counted paper ballots. The vote came after numerous presenters came forward to discuss the merits of manual counting and electronic systems. Clint Curtis who was the computer programmer who created the algorithm designed to modify election results flew from Florida just to talk to the board.

Shasta County is the first to drop the use of electronic voting systems in California. There are several additional counties in California who are considering disuse of the Dominion and other electronic voting systems.

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