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Voting for the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election will open in 27 days! 

A Vote-By-Mail ballot will be mailed to all Orange County voters starting on Monday, October 6, marking the start of the voting period.  

Any voter who does not want to wait for a ballot to be delivered by the U.S. Postal Service, can visit the Registrar of Voters in Santa Ana on October 6 to receive and vote a ballot. Our office is at 1300 S. Grand Ave., Building C, at the corner of Grand Avenue & McFadden Avenue. 

Make sure to check your registration status and visit ocvote.gov/registration to make any necessary updates before October 20. 

Vote Easy. Vote Secure. 



Bob Page
Registrar of Voters
 
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Casting Your Ballot is Easy and Secure
Casting Your Ballot is Easy and Secure

Election security is a top priority for the Orange County Registrar of Voters. 

Registered voters have four safe and secure options to return their ballots during the 2025 Statewide Special Election. You can: 

  • Send your Vote-By-Mail ballot using the U.S. Postal Service 
  • Place it in any secure drop box located throughout the county 
  • Drop it off at any Vote Center 
  • Vote in-person at any Vote Center, scanning your ballot yourself 

You can track your ballot once you have returned it with OC Ballot Express. You also have the option to sign up for text and email updates. Visit ocvote.gov/track to learn more. 
Key Election Dates
Key Election Dates

The Orange County Registrar of Voters has created an Election Calendar to help you keep track of important deadlines for the 2025 Statewide Special Election, including: 

  • Monday, October 6: Mail Ballots and Voter Information Guides Delivered to U.S. Postal Service / Early Voting Begins / Drop Boxes Open 
  • Monday, October 20: Last Day to Register to Vote 
  • Saturday, October 25: Select Vote Centers Open (at least 32 sites) / Vote In-Person 
  • Saturday, November 1: All Vote Centers Open (at least 64 sites) / Vote In-Person 
  • Tuesday, November 4: Voting Ends at 8 p.m. 
  • Sunday, November 30: Signature Cure Period Ends at 5 p.m. 
  • Tuesday, December 2: First Day State Permits County Election Results to be Certified 
Young Voter Signatures
Young Voter Signatures

If voters change how they sign their name after they register to vote, their Vote-By-Mail ballots may not be counted. This is especially true for young voters. 

In the 2024 Presidential General Election: 

  • Nearly 6% of young Vote-By-Mail voters in Orange County voting in their first Presidential Election (ages 18 to 21) had their ballots challenged — the highest rate of any age group 
  • Only 41.5% of these young Orange County voters cured a challenge to their Vote-By-Mail ballot — the lowest rate of any age group 

The potential reasons young voters' Vote-By-Mail ballots are challenged at a high rate: 

  • The only signature in the young voter’s registration file may be the electronic finger or stylus signature provided to the DMV 
  • The young voter may not have perfected their signature until after registering to vote 
  • The young voter carelessly scribbled their signature when registering to vote or on their Vote-By-Mail ballot envelope not realizing the importance of accuracy and consistency 

The potential reasons young voters were least likely to cure a signature challenged Vote-By-Mail ballot: 

  • In the Presidential General Election, the Vote-By-Mail ballots of 18- to 21-year-old voters were nearly four times more likely to arrive at the Registrar of Voters after Election Day than all voters casting a ballot 
  • Voters mailed a cure notice before Election Day were more likely to cure their challenged Vote-By-Mail ballot than voters mailed a cure notice after Election Day 
Use Your Voice for Voter’s Choice
Use Your Voice for Voter’s Choice

The Registrar of Voters wants Orange County voters to tell us what they think about how we conduct elections and how we might improve access to voting. 

After two months of public engagement during community workshops and meetings with community groups, a draft of our Election Administration Plan (EAP) has been posted for public review and comment on our website at ocvote.gov/EAP. 

The EAP addresses voter education and outreach, Vote Center and ballot drop box operations, accessibility and language services, election security, and contingency planning. 

The draft EAP 2026-2029 is available in English and in translated versions in Chinese, Farsi (Persian), Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese, in accordance with federal and state law. 

Comments on the EAP may be submitted until the close of a September 25 public hearing: 

  • by mail sent to P.O. Box 11298, Santa Ana, CA 92711-1298 
  • in person at the public hearing at 6 p.m. on September 25 at Irvine City Hall 
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