Shasta County ditched its Dominion voting machines. Now residents are braced for turmoil on Nov. 7

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Now, as a portion of the county's voters prepare to go to the polls to pick a school board member for the Gateway Unified School District and to decide whether to adopt a new fire protection district, Darling Allen said she plans to follow state law as she counts the votes.
53% : She added: "Failing that, my office stands ready to take any actions necessary to ensure that Shasta County conducts all elections in accordance with state law.
51% : A group of nonpartisan voters' rights organizations, including the ACLU of Northern California and the League of Women Voters of California, sent a letter to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber expressing "grave concerns" about the upcoming election and calling for "urgent, decisive, and sustained response from your office.
51% : In a prepared statement, Darling Allen told board members that she had been planning to carry out a hand count following the board vote but now intended to follow state law, which dictated a machine tabulation.
50% : Amid such heated rhetoric, Darling Allen said she is hoping for a drama-free election but is preparing, along with local law enforcement, "to deal with any potential situation.
50% : "In response, Weber on Friday wrote county officials, warning them to "uphold your obligation to comply with the law."
46% : "Where do you draw the line of state overreach?" he said.

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