Judge allows Shasta County election reform measure on ballot
Shasta County voters will weigh a proposal to overhaul the county’s election system on the June primary ballot after a judge declined to block the measure.
Local resident Jennifer Katske filed a lawsuit seeking to keep the measure off the ballot, arguing several provisions would violate state and federal laws.
The proposed charter amendment would make sweeping changes to how elections are conducted, including requiring voter identification at polling places, mandating hand counts of ballots and banning universal vote-by-mail.
Following a hearing Wednesday, Shasta County Superior Court Judge Benjamin Hanna ruled that Katske’s petition was invalid because it could not point to a specific law that requires a county clerk to pull a ballot measure based on its substance.
https://www.ijpr.org/politics-government/2026-03-26/shasta-county-election-measure-june-ballot-ruling
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