![Rich Pedroncelli FILE - Shasta County Supervisor Kevin Crye poses for a photo on the Sundial Bridge in Redding, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. The leaders of a conservative California county known for its failed attempt to hand-count ballots in response to unfounded claims of fraud have hired a new registrar of voters with no experience running elections. Controversy over the voting machines divided the community to the point that some residents tried to recall Crye from office. Crye narrowly survived that recall attempt in a March election that many saw as a referendum on the wisdom of hand-counting ballots. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4f6b2ef5e10e4358943703c8ce826e80/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Shasta County Supervisor Kevin Crye poses for a photo on the Sundial Bridge in Redding, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. The leaders of a conservative California county known for its failed attempt to hand-count ballots in response to unfounded claims of fraud have hired a new registrar of voters with no experience running elections. Controversy over the voting machines divided the community to the point that some residents tried to recall Crye from office. Crye narrowly survived that recall attempt in a March election that many saw as a referendum on the wisdom of hand-counting ballots. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
![Uncredited This image taken from a video feed from the Shasta County website shows Attorney Tom Toller speaking to the Shasta County Board of Supervisors during an interview for the job of Registrar of Voters on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Redding, Calif. The Shasta County Board of Supervisors chose Toller to fulfill the unexpired term of Registrar of Voters Cathy Darling Allen, who retired. (Shasta County Board of Supervisors via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f8d39541ac8640e69d5f223b288b3f5c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
This image taken from a video feed from the Shasta County website shows Attorney Tom Toller speaking to the Shasta County Board of Supervisors during an interview for the job of Registrar of Voters on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Redding, Calif. The Shasta County Board of Supervisors chose Toller to fulfill the unexpired term of Registrar of Voters Cathy Darling Allen, who retired. (Shasta County Board of Supervisors via AP)
![Rich Pedroncelli FILE - Vote-by-mail envelopes are sorted at the Shasta County Registrar of Voters office in Redding, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. The leaders of a conservative California county known for its failed attempt to hand-count ballots in response to unfounded claims of fraud have hired a new registrar of voters with no experience running elections. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/75d94043f8b14b4e8f778ad6a0893c2d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Vote-by-mail envelopes are sorted at the Shasta County Registrar of Voters office in Redding, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. The leaders of a conservative California county known for its failed attempt to hand-count ballots in response to unfounded claims of fraud have hired a new registrar of voters with no experience running elections. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)
![Andreas Fuhrmann FILE -- Lanson Zaniroli, 4, watches his father Lance Zaniroli vote on Nov. 4, 2014, in Shasta County, Calif. The leaders of the conservative California county known for its failed attempt to hand-count ballots in response to unfounded claims of fraud have hired a new registrar of voters with no experience running elections. (Andreas Fuhrmann/The Record Searchlight via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3aacb1be9b204f04813707350e7f9df8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE -- Lanson Zaniroli, 4, watches his father Lance Zaniroli vote on Nov. 4, 2014, in Shasta County, Calif. The leaders of the conservative California county known for its failed attempt to hand-count ballots in response to unfounded claims of fraud have hired a new registrar of voters with no experience running elections. (Andreas Fuhrmann/The Record Searchlight via AP, File)
![Rich Pedroncelli FILE - Demonstrators call for the recall of Shasta County Supervisor Kevin Crye in Redding, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. The leaders of a conservative California county known for its failed attempt to hand-count ballots in response to unfounded claims of fraud have hired a new registrar of voters with no experience running elections. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ac529d81882a43d6897d097f05150470/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Demonstrators call for the recall of Shasta County Supervisor Kevin Crye in Redding, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. The leaders of a conservative California county known for its failed attempt to hand-count ballots in response to unfounded claims of fraud have hired a new registrar of voters with no experience running elections. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)