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Tuesday was a big day for us as our team spread out across Shasta County to monitor and document at polls, photograph at the Market Street elections office, and follow the latest news into the night amid an evolving election night that included hours of delays in early results. 

Over the next few days, CalMatters published a story echoing our work and I fielded radio interviews with Jefferson Public Radio, North State Public Radio and The California Report as news agencies across California took notice of Shasta County's unusual election processes. 

On Thursday I reported a follow up story documenting the arc of the last eighteen months, from Registrar of Voters' Clint Curtis' initial promises to the outcomes our community saw occur. It's the kind of local reporting that can only come from eagle-eyed scrutiny over a prolonged period of time by embedded local reporters. 

We're doing that work. And it's making a powerful difference in Shasta County and beyond. That's what emboldens me to ask you to give today. Local donors power about 20% of our annual budget. Your small investments also show regional and national funders that we have a dedicated local readership, increasing their investments too.

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Forging ahead

Annelise Pierce

Executive Director, Managing Editor

Shasta Scout

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