Since Election Day is upon us, I thought I do a piece on some early election history. Just as a region was dotted with rural one-room schools and post offices, there was another feature–voting precincts. Like schools and post offices it only made sense. To create a voting precinct was simple process. One petitioned the County Board of Supervisors.

On September 29, 1886 a petition was submitted to the board for the creation of the Tule Lake precinct. It contained nine signatures. The proposed boundary was in the very far northeastern corner of Lassen County, the area known as the very southern end of Surprise Valley. The Board obliged and the voting precinct was established.

Tim