Add an amendment to the Shasta County Charter that specifies elections shall be held on one day with limited absentee ballots (defined as limited exceptions to in-person voting for the infirm, military, and US citizens living overseas). All ballots shall be hand counted at the precincts, according to California Election Codes 15272-15281, utilizing the tally book format in Linda Rantz’ Return to Hand Counting manual (pg 141-176). The ballots and the tally sheets shall be projected onto monitors so that observers can confirm the accuracy of the count. Precinct manual hand count results will be used for the official canvass of Shasta County. Counting teams of four shall be composed of two Democrats and two Republicans, when possible. Counting shall occur concurrent with voting (after 11 or more ballots have been cast and shuffled) but tallies shall not be released until polls close, at which point the first numbers will be taped to the door, and updated every hour thereafter until counting is complete. County-wide election outcomes shall be provided on the night of the election, or shortly thereafter. Hand counters shall be members of the public from any political party, selected by a fair and transparent public lottery of volunteers, sixty days prior to election day. Hand counters shall wear a name tag with their first and last name visible to the public. Hand counters shall be volunteers with no expectation of payment, however, the County may offer them a stipend of no more than $100 dollars for their participation on election day.
Shasta County voter rolls shall be maintained on a computer not connected to the State of California, nor any other third party. A new voter roll shall be created upon implementation of this measure. The voter rolls shall be maintained on a computer with open-source software that is not connected to the internet (through cable or wireless modem) with periodic back-up onto external hard drives. Only paper poll books shall be used to check in voters on election day. Voter rolls shall be kept clean by permanently removing individuals who are deceased, moved out of county lines, or have addresses that are undeliverable. Inactive and canceled voter lists shall be held within a separate database on a different computer, also not connected to the internet. Only US citizens shall register to vote, using a government-issued photo ID. All voters shall produce this ID to verify they are on the voter roll on election day. Third party and DMV voter registrations shall not be added to Shasta County voter rolls until verified for eligibility.