Surveillance video captured inside the closed Shasta County Elections Office shows a shirtless Registrar of Voters, Clint Curtis, moving county equipment alongside his wife, Jody Curtis, who is not a county employee. An edited clip of the Sat., Sept. 13, 2025, footage was released on Oct. 25, 2025, and soon went viral across several social media platforms. The video, which has been viewed more than 20,000 times, has prompted questions about employees’ after-hours access to a secure elections facility, as well as questions whether non-staff are allowed inside restricted areas, and the risk for potential liability if a non-employee is injured while handling county property.
The video was released by Shasta County through a citizen’s Public Records Act request.
Clint Curtis is a Florida-based attorney and former programmer known for long-standing controversial claims about vote-flipping software. In April, 2025, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors appointed Curtis as Shasta County’s Registrar of Voters in a 3–2 vote over longtime elections official Joanna Francescut. Curtis has been publicly associated with and supported by election activist Mike Lindell.
An additional video from Sept. 6, 2025, shows Curtis and his wife moving smaller items on a separate weekend, indicating the Sept. 13 scene was not an isolated occurrence.
A News Cafe obtained the surveillance footage from a private citizen made a Public Records Act request #25-957
The records were provided through the county’s NextRequest portal. Viewable here.
The request included multiple hallway and lobby clips, dated Sept. 6, 2025, and Sept. 13, 2025. The release also contained an Aug. 30, 2025, hallway file. File names and timestamps reflect weekend, non-business hours. The files contain videos with timestamps, and require a desktop PC to view.
The Sept. 13, 2025, video shows Registrar Clint Curtis in jeans and without a shirt walking around the Elections Office while the office was closed.
In the footage Curtis and his wife can be seen moving equipment, including a large freestanding antique safe, which, according to various online antique sites, can weigh well in excess of an estimated 1,500 pounds.
The video depicts Jody Curtis using what appears to be a car jack to partially lift or stabilize the safe, while her husband wedges a length of lumber beneath it and attempts to reposition the unit.
She is seen wearing a strap or harness often used by professional movers.
Additional footage from Sept. 6, 2025, shows the pair moving lighter items, such as racks on wheels, chairs loaded into an elevator, and other office equipment. File names and timestamps indicate these activities took place on weekend, non-business hours.
The viral clip circulated widely on social media on Oct. 25, 2025. Jessica French, a Shasta County Office of Education board member, shared the video on her Facebook page. As of Oct. 26, 2025, her post shows 22.6K views, 107 shares, 162 comments, and 173 reactions.
Online commenters questioned whether non-employees are allowed inside restricted elections areas on weekends, and whether moving heavy county equipment without staff supervision meets safety and risk-management standards.
The footage does raise several potential liability questions. For example, if a non-employee is injured while moving county property on county premises, a claim could be filed against the county under California’s Government Claims Act. Whether coverage would apply could depend on authorization and method, such as whether Curtis’ wife was formally approved to assist (e.g., as a volunteer) and whether the safe was moved using approved procedures and equipment, rather than the couple’s use of a car jack, moving straps attached to Jody Curtis and a two-by-four piece of lumber.
Separately, Cal/OSHA standards for handling heavy equipment generally apply to employers and employees; counties typically mitigate risk by using trained staff, documented facilities work orders, or licensed movers. The online reaction has echoed those concerns, including a Facebook comment from former District 2 Supervisor Tim Garman.
According to Shasta County’s personnel rules, county property and facilities “are to be used for authorized public purposes only,” not for personal purposes or gain, and reference related policies governing equipment and facility use (vehicles, outside employment, etc.). The rules don’t directly address non-employees moving county equipment, but the rules imply that use is restricted to authorized purposes and subject to department oversight.
Although county policy regarding weekend access, non-employee presence, and heavy-equipment moves has not been publicly explained, and is currently unclear, in an email from Public Works Director Troy Bartlolomei, Curtis’ previous request to bring tools to work to dismantle the Elections Department metal fencing, Bartlolomei explained why such a project was prohibited, and must be completed by the appropriate county staff.
A News Cafe requested comment from ROV Clint Curtis via voicemail and text regarding the weekend activity shown in the surveillance clips. Curtis has not responded. Former ROV Cathy Darling Allen declined to comment on the matter. Former ROV Thomas Toller was also contacted by A News Cafe for comment, but has not replied.
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