A recent incident at the Shasta County Elections Office has triggered a report to the Secretary of State. The incident involved the retention and removal of documents that may have contained confidential voter information from the Shasta County Elections Office.

Incident Details

Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis was responsible for retaining and removing the documents, which were copies, not originals. The press release also noted a second issue, saying that during reconciliation of votes cast prior to Election Day, discrepancies were found in ballot numbers.

Those discrepancies suggested that a small number of additional ballots may have been handed out to voters prior to Election Day by one employee. The county emphasized that no original ballots or election materials left the elections office, but said the copies of the documents which were retained and removed by Curtis, may have included information such as names, addresses, birth dates, phone numbers and signatures.

Investigation and Response

The county said that since this matter falls under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of State, the County of Shasta will not be initiating litigation at this time. Curtis did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Secretary of State’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. This is a developing story.

Original reporting: Shasta Scout (Redding) — read the source article.