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Ignoring the advice of its attorney, the Shasta County Elections commission voted 3-1 on Monday to send a recommendation to supervisors to limit the number of absentee ballots in elections and to return to one-day voting.

Before the vote, County Counsel Joseph Larmour told commissioners to table the issue.

California Voter Foundation President and Founder Kim Alexander discusses the need for poll workers for the upcoming 2024 presidential election.

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In the end, it came down to 19 ballots in Santa Clara County that ultimately made the difference in the hotly contested Congressional District 16 race — ballots that were never counted the first time around due to simple human error.

While a change equal to just a fraction of a percent of votes is unlikely to shift the entire results of most elections, a once-in-a-generation perfect tie in this case exposed the gaffes and fumbles by one county in the tabulation process.

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