California is either about to right decades of inequality between rich and poor defendants by eliminating cash bail, or it’s about to turn over its justice system to robots. The question of what to do about the system that decides whether people should be free while awaiting trial will be determined by Proposition 25. The […]
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Watch The Second District Supes Candidate Forum
The two candidates squaring off in a runoff to represent Humboldt County’s Second District on the Board of Supervisors — two-term incumbent Estelle Fennell and challenger Michelle Bushnell — participated in virtual forum hosted by the League of Women Voters on Friday. The forum, which saw each candidate answer questions on homelessness, climate change and mental […]
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Good Policy or Ballot Blackmail? Union Keeps Taking Fight with Health Industry to Voters
For the second time in as many elections, California voters are caught in the middle of a fight between private dialysis companies and a union with a history of taking its battles to the ballot. The question: Is the union effectively using its power to boost health care and its membership, or is it resorting […]
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Elections Office: A Quarter of HumCo’s Registered Voters Have Already Cast Ballots
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 […]