Shasta County supervisors on July 14 formally declared Measure B adopted, taking the official step that records the county charter amendment as passed.
In the Declaration of Election, the Board of Supervisors said it was acting under California Elections Code sections 8140, 8144 and 15400 based on the certified results of the June 2, 2026, Statewide Direct Primary Election. The declaration says Measure B — titled “Election Security and Transparency Reform” — would amend the Shasta County Charter.
The ballot measure is described as a proposal to improve election transparency and security by requiring voter ID, hand counting at the precinct, one-day elections, locally maintained voter rolls and absentee ballots by request. The declaration also says ballot tallies would be visible to election observers.
The document does not provide implementation details, a timeline or legal analysis of how the charter change would be carried out. It also leaves the vote totals out of the declaration text.
The same declaration records other county election results, including winners in several county offices, and says the District 5 supervisor race will go to a runoff between Chris Kelstrom and Mike Gallagher.
