While a CalMatters report last year found that many of the 73,000 or so California residents held in county jails who are eligible to vote face barriers in casting ballots, local officials say that wasn’t the case in Humboldt County in November. When addressing the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors in advance of its certification […]
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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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Polling error: How One Survey Changed the Newsom Recall Campaign
The panic started to set in for California Democrats in the last week of July. First, there was a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll on July 27, which showed that likely voters were just about evenly split on whether or not Gov. Gavin Newsom deserves to keep his job. A few days later […]
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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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Voter Assistance Centers Open Saturday
All nine of Humboldt County’s Voter Assistance Centers will open this Saturday, Oct. 31, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The centers will be open to all voters for in-person voting, vote-by-mail ballot drop off, replacement ballots and same-day registration voting beginning Saturday (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) through Election Day on Tuesday (7 a.m. […]
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NCJ Preview: Election Baking, Mountain Lion Mamas and Upscale Climate Refugees
This week we’ve got Nora Mounce (and her son Leroy) on to talk about the history and resurgence of spicy, boozy election cakes. We’ll also get into how climate change, COVID and wildfires combine to impact the local real estate market, as people facing the prospect of rising temps, smoke and remote work look to […]
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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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Ready, California?
It came in my mailbox the day of the Iowa caucuses: the ballot for March 3. It seemed flimsy and insignificant. I’ll only be making four choices and four marks total since Fifth District supervisor is not up this year. Yet this ballot seems heavier, maybe because it’s one of the more important ones I’ve […]
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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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How To Host a Political Party: A social approach to figuring out your ballot
First you must set up the invite list. This is most important. You will want to have around 10 to 12 people, mostly of your generation, whose opinions you respect and who are not afraid to speak up on the critical issues that confront the electorate. It doesn’t hurt to throw in a few people […]
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What’s behind all those DMV voter-registration snafus? ‘Motor voter’ may have launched with makeshift computer system
Editor’s note: Today is the last day to register to vote in California in order to participate in next month’s midterm elections. For more information or to register online, visit here. The DMV gave the public a series of piecemeal explanations as it acknowledged making more than 100,000 errors in recent months in registering Californians […]
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Best of Humboldt Voting to Begin June 4
Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye: The nominating period for Best of Humboldt voting closed at midnight. We’re busy tabulating the finalists in each category and will open up the voting period June 4, at which point you can weigh in on the businesses that treat you like royalty, as well as your favorite people, […]