Third Return: Ballot Tallies Continue to Trickle In

by Thadeus Greenson on November 4, 2020 at 12:02AM

Second Return Adds About 2K Ballots to Tallies, Most Races Remain Wide Open

by Thadeus Greenson on November 3, 2020 at 10:31PM

First Returns: Fennell Holds Early Lead, All Local Ballot Measures Currently Faring Well

by Thadeus Greenson on November 3, 2020 at 9:08PM

As Polls Close, First Batch of Humboldt Election Results Expected Soon

by Thadeus Greenson on November 3, 2020 at 8:27PM

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 her office already had on hand.

What You Need to Know About Election Day

by Thadeus Greenson on November 3, 2020 at 7:34AM

It’s Election Day, do you know where your ballot is? No matter the answer, we’ve got you covered, and you’ve got time. As of yesterday, the Humboldt County Elections Office had already received more than 47,000 vote-by-mail ballots, according to Registrar of Voters Kelly Sanders.

California Headed for Historic Voter Turnout

by Zachary Fletcher/CalMatters on November 2, 2020 at 10:24AM

Cash Blitz: A Look at Who's Spending to Influence Your Vote for California's Legislature

by Ben Christopher on October 30, 2020 at 10:01AM

Other big spenders Health Care Industry Groups: Altogether, hospitals, dialysis clinics, doctors, dentists and psychiatric technicians have spent nearly $3 million in independent expenditure hoping to influence this year’s competitive legislative races. But the health care industry contains multitudes and not all of these interest groups are on the same political page.

Voter Assistance Centers Open Saturday

by Iridian Casarez on October 29, 2020 at 4:32PM

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. to 8 p.m.).

Worried it's Too Late to Send in Your Ballot? Don't Panic

by Ben Christopher, CALmatters on October 28, 2020 at 11:56AM

Second, about that Kavanaugh opinion: again, California is different. As UC Irvine law professor Rick Hasen wrote in the Washington Post, the linchpin of Kavanaugh’s opinion wasn’t his antipathy to counting ballots after November 3.

Do You Know Where Your Ballot Is?

by Elena Neale-Sacks/CalMatters on October 26, 2020 at 9:06AM

For the first time, Californians can track their mail-in ballots from the point they’re printed to the moment they’re accepted by their county elections office. Ballot tracking, now available in parts or all of a dozen states, has become a particularly useful option this year, when many voters are anxious about election security.