Voter Information
Voter Information for Humboldt County, CA
February 7 Special Election in Southern Humboldt
February 7, 2023, Election Details on the Elections Office Web Page.
This special election is only for voters who live in the Salmon Creek Fire Protection District Formation area and the Garberville Fire Protection District and Annexation area. It asks voters to weigh in on proposals for better fire protection for these areas, that would be funded by a parcel tax.
The Garberville proposal asks for funds to allow that Fire Protection District to:
1) fund daytime staffing coverage, insurance, fuel, and equipment;
2) merge with Sprowel Creek Volunteer Fire Company; and
3) plan and construct a fire station in Benbow.
The Salmon Creek proposal asks for funds to allow that new Fire Protection District to:
" support the continued operation of the Salmon Creek Volunteer Fire Company, including adequate funding to pay for insurances, fuel, and essential equipment" as specified in the order adopted on July 20, 2022 by the Humboldt Local Agency Formation Commission ordering the formation of the "Salmon Creek Fire Protection District.
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Humboldt County Elections Office Reports
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This county office strives to ensure that all eligible residents are able to exercise their right to vote. It provides information about local elections, election rules, and election results. You can also check to see if you are correctly registered here.
Voter Guide Error - Ferndale's Measure Q (not on your ballot unless you live in the Ferndale Unified School District area.)
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What’s on your ballot? Local candidates, debates, interviews, and forums. Hear about the election in candidates’ own words. Videos gathered for you by Access Humboldt.
Your Elected Officials
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California Policy & Political News
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California Voter’s Edge
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A quick way to see your polling place and ballot and get access to a lot more information about any California candidate or ballot measure than offered in the voter guide. This site offers unbiased factual details on the content of each ballot measure and the funding of each candidate, who is funding them and by how much, who endorses them, and arguments for and against, including articles, editorials, and, if you wish to see them, advertisements.
Electoral College
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The founding fathers established the Electoral College in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in Congress and election of the president by a vote of the people. This National Archives site gives a description of the Electoral College and how it works.
League of Women Voters
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The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, offers information about local, state, and national issues on your ballot. This includes candidates, pros and cons on ballot initiatives , the Easy Voter Guide and more high-quality resources for informed voting. It offers a full schedule of local candidate forums and local ballot information.
Fact Check
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This is a highly regarded fact-checking resource. It is a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocate for voters that checks statements by major U.S. political players. They say, 'Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.' A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
PolitiFact
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Despite its amusing vibe, this is another respected fact-checking resource. Researchers fact-check statements by members of Congress, the White House, lobbyists and interest groups and rate them on a "Truth-O-Meter." PolitiFact was founded by the Tampa Bay Times, and is now run by the Poynter Institute, a nonprofit school for journalists.
More Fact Checking Sites See our list of fact checking sites and tools.
California Voter Registration
Register to vote at the California Secretary of State website. In California, the deadline to register to vote normally for any election is 15 days before election day. (You can still ask to vote a conditional ballot at either a polling place or at the Elections Office on Election Day.)
If you use the My Voter Status link and enter personal information, you can also check to make sure you are registered, and make sure your ballot for the last election was received.
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Who Can Register to Vote in California?
In order to register to vote, a person must be:
A United States citizen & a resident of California
18 years old or older on Election Day
Not currently in state or federal prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony
Not currently found mentally incompetent to vote by a court.
Register at the California Secretary of State Website
Homeless Voters
Courts have ruled that a homeless person may register to vote by stating the place where they spend most of their time.
You must provide a description of the location that is clear enough for the elections official to establish your right to vote at a nearby polling place.
To get elections materials by mail, a homeless voter must provide a mailing address such as a p.o. box or shelter address.
To get ballot info online, try Voter's Edge. Enter just a Zip Code or a full address from the same area where you told the elections office you live. This will get you the list of ballot items for that area so that you can be ready to vote when you go to your polling place on election day.
Your Right to Vote
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
United States Constitution, Amendments 15, 19, and 26
I am at liberty to vote as my conscience and judgment dictates to be right, without the yoke of any party on me, or the driver at my heels, with his whip in hand, commanding me to ge-wo-haw, just at his pleasure.
– Davy Crockett, from the last lines of ’A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett’ (1834).
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