The Shasta County Board of Supervisors censured County Clerk/Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis in a 3-1 vote Aug. 11, adopting Resolution 2026-073 after discussing investigations and what the resolution describes as substantiated findings of managerial misconduct.
The board’s meeting minutes say the motion was made by Supervisor Kevin Plummer and seconded by Supervisor Tim Long. Supervisor Corkey Harmon voted no. Supervisor Kevin Crye was absent, leaving four supervisors present for the vote.
The minutes say the board discussed the conduct of the county’s elections official, the censure and the investigations leading to it. Plummer described complaints he said had been substantiated and witness statements. Long said county policies and personnel rules should apply equally to all employees, including department heads, and said Curtis had been given multiple opportunities to change documented problematic behavior. Harmon said he did not believe the evidence was strong enough to support a censure, while board Chair Kevin Kelstrom discussed interactions with Curtis that he characterized as problematic.
Curtis was listed among those who spoke during public comment, but the minutes do not detail his remarks. They also do not include the underlying investigative reports, witness statements or a written response from Curtis. The board’s action formally places its finding involving the county’s chief elections official on the public record; broader allegations raised during public comment were not independently established by the record reviewed for this story.
