Joanna Francescut and Clint Curtis, Candidates for Registrar of Voters/County Clerk Redding, CA – Joanna Francescut, who served nearly 17 years in the Shasta County Elections Office—including as Assistant County Clerk/Registrar of Voters—has filed a lawsuit against the County of Shasta following her termination on May 27, 2025. Francescut was terminated as an at-will employee by the newly appointed Registrar of Voters, Clint Curtis. In the wake of the lawsuit, former Supervis

Opinion Katske Lawsuit Against Shasta County ROV, et al. Appears to Be a Big Nothing Burger — Void of Legal Precedent or Substance Jennifer Katske, a Shasta County resident, political activist, and ICU/flight nurse who relocated from the San Francisco Bay Area around 2020, has filed two pro se (self-filed) lawsuits challenging aspects of the June 2, 2026, election and Measure B — the citizen-led charter amendment initiative focused on voter ID, hand-counted ballots, single-da