Roughly a quarter of Humboldt County’s registered voters have already cast ballots, according to Registrar of Voters Kelly Sanders. With the state having pivoted to an all vote-by-mail election and officials having urged voters to get their ballots filled out and in the mail — or one of the official ballot drop boxes located throughout […]
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Election Cake
In the highly charged political culture of the day, hardly a word has been left untagged with electoral rhetoric. Take “patriotic”: the darling of the conservative minority, coopting the red, white and blue, and displays of affection for our incredible yet terribly flawed nation. On the other hand, progressives have claimed “science,” once a benchmark […]
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Last Day to Register to Vote is Oct. 19
The last day to register to vote and receive your mail-in ballot in California for the Nov. 3 election is on Monday, Oct. 19. You can register to vote online at RegistertoVote.ca.gov. or by using the registration form that you can find at post offices or at the Humboldt County Office of Elections (2426 6th Street, […]
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Election 2020: Here’s the Measures Humboldt County Voters are Being Asked About, T-S Reports
The Times-Standard is reporting the local measures that will be on the Nov. 3 ballot. The report gives a description and a for and against arguement for each measure that Humboldt County voters will see on their ballot. Read the full story here.
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Are You Ready to Vote?
The Humboldt County Office of Elections wants you to be ready for the Nov. 3 election, which is really just around the corner. In a press release today, the office details all the steps necessary to make sure your vote is counted and where to go to find more information. All registered voters will be receiving […]
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Could Trump ‘Sabotage’ California’s All-Mail Election?
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE For months President Donald Trump has been reluctant to extend a lifeline to the financially infirm Postal Service, a reluctance his critics have said is motivated by his loathing of vote-by-mail. On Thursday, Trump made that subtext … text. Speaking about the ongoing COVID relief negotiations on […]
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T-S: Candidate Filing Period Now Open for Humboldt County’s November Election
Anyone planning to run for office in Humboldt County’s November election can now file for candidacy, the Times-Standard has reported. Multiple seats will be open on city councils in both Arcata and Eureka, and the filing period lasts through Aug. 7. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, candidates must schedule appointments with the Humboldt County Elections Office to […]
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UPDATE: Bohn Cruises, Fennell Faces a Possible Runoff and Everything Else You Need to Know from Election Night
Humboldt County voters heavily supported a pair of incumbent Humboldt County supervisors on Election Day, while leaving a property tax assessment to fund one of the area’s largest fire departments hanging in the balance. In the First District, Supervisor Rex Bohn, a two-term incumbent who has held his seat since taking over in 2012 for […]
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First District: It’s Bohn in a Landslide in Final Election Night Report
FINAL ELECTION NIGHT REPORT: Incumbent First District Supervisor Rex Bohn has breezed to re-election, taking 65 percent of the votes tallied thus far. While an unknown number of ballots remain to be counted in the race, Bohn has dominated throughout and now holds a 1,900-vote lead over challenger Cliff Berkowitz, who’s taken 35 percent of […]
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The Fighting First
Two-term incumbent Rex Bohn and radio personality Cliff Berkowitz, who cofounded Lost Coast Communications, are vying to represent the First District in this year’s March 3 primary election. Encompassing a sprawling area that stretches from the far reaches of Shelter Cove to the more urban neighborhoods of Cutten, the First District hasn’t seen a contested […]
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An Eclectic Mix
The race to become Humboldt County’s next Second District supervisor has four challengers taking on two-term incumbent Estelle Fennell, collectively offering a diverse set of opinions on where the county is and where it’s going. The March 3 primary will see Fennell, the former executive director of the Humboldt County Coalition of Property Rights and […]
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The Invisible Primary
Welcome to the invisible primary, the season leading up to official primaries and caucuses, in which candidates fight for media attention and pundits stupify the campaign into a horse race, dissecting who is “most likely to win” rather than reporting on political platforms. Four years ago, the television news media gave Donald Trump an inordinate […]