Election Day is being ushered in by a lunar eclipse that will turn the moon a red-coppery color —sometimes called a “Blood Moon” — during totality, which is the stage when it passes into the Earth’s shadow. That red hue, according to NASA, is “because the only sunlight reaching the moon passes through Earth’s atmosphere.” […]
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Sample Ballot Contains Error on FUSD Bond
County counsel’s impartial analysis of the Ferndale Unified School District’s proposed school bond in the sample ballot recently sent to voters contains an error on the estimated yearly tax that homeowners in the district will pay if it passes. Known as Measure Q, the proposed $7.7 million bond measure to fix a wide array of […]
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The Great Culling: Which California Bills did Legislators Kill?
California lawmakers won’t be creating a state Election Day holiday this year. Nor will they be providing grants to local governments to convert public golf courses into affordable housing, or forcing health insurers to cover fertility treatments. All of these proposals were victims of the seasonal culling of bills known as the suspense file. This […]
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Decision Time: Three Ways the California Recall Election Could Go
For nearly 25 years, Gov. Gavin Newsom rose the ranks of California politics without ever losing an election, buoyed by connections to powerful San Francisco Democrats and a willingness to take risks — like sanctinoing same-sex marriage — that put him at the vanguard of his party. Then came the coronavirus pandemic. The governor’s attention-grabbing […]
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As Polls Close, First Batch of Humboldt Election Results Expected Soon
Some Humboldt County voters spent hours in line at the polls today, while others simply slid their ballots into a host of drop boxes set up around the county. Still others dropped their ballot in the mail weeks ago, contributing to the 47,000 vote-by-mail ballots county Registrar of Voters Kelly Sanders told the Journal yesterday […]
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California Headed for Historic Voter Turnout
As Election Day approaches ever closer, approximately 51 percent of California’s electorate, or 11.2 million voters, have already cast their ballots — more than double the number a week ago. As more in-person polling places open, experts say the state is on track to have more votes cast than ever before. One reason is that […]
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Pro-Trump Motorcade Sets Off (Video)
In Fortuna this afternoon, a pro-Trump motorcade with a long line of festooned vehicles that stretched down Fortuna Boulevard, many flying Trump 2020 and American flags, started making its way across a 40 miles swath of Humboldt to McKinleyville just before Election Day. View the slideshow below. See the video below.
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Worried it’s Too Late to Send in Your Ballot? Don’t Panic
Less than a week before Election Day and anxiety over the postal service’s ability to ferry voters’ ballots to county election administrators on time has ratcheted up yet again. Back in May, the United States Postal Service’s top lawyer advised voters across the country to put their ballots in the mail no later than 7 […]
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As the Registration Deadline Looms, Officials Warn of Voting Rights Misconceptions
With the deadline to register in the March 3 primary election fast approaching, Vernon Price wants to make sure citizens — especially those in under-served populations like the homeless — know their voting rights. “It’s important for [homeless people] to go out and vote,” Price, an advocate for the local homeless community who himself was […]
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Humboldt Sees Huge Turnout
It looks like Humboldt County just saw its biggest midterm election turnout in at least 20 years. Humboldt County Registrar of Voters Kelly Sanders told the Journal this morning that the elections office has 24,588 ballots on hand that still need to be verified and counted, on top of the 29,610 counted on election night. […]
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Election Day!
After months of politicking, door knocking, lawn signs, glad handing and debating, Election Day is finally here. North Coast voters have some big choices before them today, including who will be the county’s next district attorney and who will represent the 4th and 5th districts on the county board of supervisors. There’s also a field […]