Notice is hereby given that an election will be held in the County of Orange on November 3, 2020 for the purpose of electing governing board members/directors for the following districts:
Community College Districts: Coast (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 2, 3, 4); North Orange County (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 2, 4, 5, 7); Rancho Santiago (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 1, 3, 5, 7);
South Orange County (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 1, 3, 6, 7) ; High School Districts: Anaheim Union (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 3, 4); Fullerton Joint Union (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 2, 3); Huntington Beach Union (2 Members); Unified School Districts: Brea Olinda Unified (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 2, 3, 5); Capistrano Unified (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 1, 2, 3, 5); Garden Grove Unified (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 1, 3, 5); Irvine Unified (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 1, 3, 5); Laguna Beach Unified (2 Members); Los Alamitos Unified (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 2, 4, 5); Newport-Mesa Unified (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 1, 3, 6); Orange Unified (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 2, 3, 6); Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 1, 2, 3); Saddleback Valley Unified
(1 Member each, Trustee Areas 2, 3, 4); Santa Ana Unified (3 Members); Tustin Unified (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 1, 2, 4); Elementary School Districts: Anaheim Elementary (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 1, 3); Buena Park (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 3, 4); Centralia (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 3, 4); Cypress (1 Member each, Trustee Areas A, E); Fountain Valley (2 Members); Fullerton (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 2, 5); Huntington Beach City (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 1, 3); La Habra City (2 Members [Full Term]; 1 Member [Short Term]); Lowell Joint (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 1); Magnolia
(1 Member each, Trustee Areas 3, 4; 1 Member each, Trustee Area 2 [Short Term]); Ocean View
(2 Members); Savanna (2 Members); and Westminster (1 Member each, Trustee Areas 1, 4).
Community Services Districts: Capistrano Bay (2 Directors); Emerald Bay (2 Directors); Rossmoor (3 Directors [Full Term]; 1 Director [Short Term]); Surfside Colony (1 Director); Three Arch Bay (3 Directors); Irrigation District: Serrano Water (1 Director each, Divisions 2, 3, 5); Recreation and Park District: Silverado-Modjeska (2 Directors); Sanitary Districts: Costa Mesa (1 Member each, Divisions 2, 4); Midway City (2 Directors); Sunset Beach (3 Directors [Full Term]; 1 Director [Short Term]); Storm Water Protection District: Surfside Colony (3 Trustees); California Water Districts: El Toro (3 Directors); Irvine Ranch (1 Member each, Divisions 1, 4); Moulton Niguel (4 Directors); Santa Margarita (3 Directors); County Water Districts: East Orange County (2 Directors); Rossmoor/Los Alamitos Area Sewer (3 Directors [Full Term], 1 Director [Short Term]); Mesa (1 Director each, Divisions 1, 2, 3); South Coast (3 Directors); Trabuco Canyon (2 Directors); Yorba Linda (2 Directors); Independent Water District: Orange County (1 Director each, Divisions 2, 3, 4, 6); Municipal Water District: Municipal Water District of Orange County (1 Director each, Divisions 3, 4, 6, 7; 1 Director Division 1 [Short Term]); Library Districts: Buena Park (3 Trustees); Placentia (3 Trustees); and Abatement District: Santiago Geologic Hazard Abatement District (2 Directors).
To qualify for office, a candidate shall be a registered voter in the district and, if applicable, in the trustee/area/division.
Declaration of Candidacy forms may be obtained in the office of the Registrar of Voters, 1300-C South Grand Avenue, Santa Ana, beginning July 13, 2020, and must be filed in that office no later than
August 7, 2020, 5:00 p.m.
To obtain additional Candidate Filing information, call the Orange County Registrar of Voters, Candidate and Voter Services Section, at (714) 567-7600 or access its website at ocvote.gov.
Appointment to each elective office will be made, as prescribed by California Elections Code Section 10515, in the event there are no nominees or an insufficient number of nominees for such office and a petition for an election is not filed within the time period prescribed by said Section 10515.
Notice is further given that starting Friday, October 30, 2020, all Vote Centers will be open 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. On Election Day, November 3, 2020, all Vote Centers will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
All ballots cast will be counted centrally at the Orange County Registrar of Voters’ office, 1300 South Grand Avenue, Building C, Santa Ana.
Notice is further given that Vote-by-Mail ballot processing will begin on October 5, 2020, and will continue Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. until the election is certified on or about December 5, 2020. The last day to request a replacement Vote-by-Mail ballot is October 27, 2020. The Vote-by-Mail process is open to the public at the Orange County Registrar of Voters’ office, 1300 South Grand Avenue, Building C,
Santa Ana.
Notice is further given that the Orange County Registrar of Voters will conduct a risk-limiting audit in lieu of the manual tally of specific precincts, and will begin on
November 4, 2020, at the Orange County Registrar of Voters’ office, 1300 South Grand Avenue, Building C, Santa Ana.
Dated this 6th day of July, 2020.
Neal Kelley
Registrar of Voters
County of Orange