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Voting for the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election will open in 18 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.

The Registrar of Voters is inserting about 1.9 million Vote-By-Mail ballots, instructions, and County Voter Information Guides for this election for mailing.

The use of checklists and procedures ensure that quality assurance is maintained through every step of the process.

The team checks every 100th ballot to ensure the correct ballot is being mailed to the voter, all inserts are present, and the print quality is good. The barcode on every ballot envelope is also scanned to prevent any voter from getting more than one ballot.

To learn more, you can watch our video “A Deeper Look – How Ballots Are Securely Printed and Distributed” on our YouTube channel at @ocrov.

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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Voter Registration Increases
Voter Registration Increases

Since the 2024 Presidential General Election, the total number of registered voters in Orange County increased by 39,209 voters to a current total of 1,900,658 voters, a 2.1% increase.

The age groups that experienced the largest increases during the past eleven months were 65-year-olds and older, which increased by 3.8%, and 30–49-year-olds, which increased by 3.1%.

Age      Voters on       Voters on

Range  10/21/24          9/12/25

18-29    373,379           377,380

30-49    576,322           593,973

50-64    447,024           446,442

65+       465,064           482,617

Total     1,861,450        1,900,412

To view overall registration trends, visit ocvote.gov/datacentral.
Election Integrity Takes a Community
Election Integrity Takes a Community

The Registrar of Voters will hire about 700 members of the community to ensure the 2025 Statewide Special Election is accessible, secure, and accurate.

They are your neighbors, friends, and relatives. A large percentage of them are bilingual to assist all Orange County voters.

The Registrar of Voters screens all election worker candidates from the community and hires them as County employees. We provide extensive online and in-person training to our election workers to make sure your voting rights are protected, and your vote is counted.

Our community election workers help us to:

  • assess all Vote Centers and new Ballot Drop Box locations for ADA compliance
  • program and test all election equipment to ensure the software has not been modified and performs accurately
  • print 1.9 million ballots and prepare them for mailing
  • staff Vote Centers and our toll-free Voter Assistance Hotline
  • collect ballots from drop boxes
  • verify voter signatures on Vote-By-Mail ballots
  • scan ballots
  • audit the accuracy of the election results before we certify

 
Election Integrity and Security
Election Integrity and Security

Election security is a top priority for the Orange County Registrar of Voters. Security measures for the 2025 Statewide Special Election include testing and audits to ensure the integrity of the election process, including the following:

  • We test the accuracy of all ballot scanners before and after the election.
  • We hand count ballots from at least 1% of all precincts – randomly selected – to ensure the voting system tally is accurate. All votes are cast on paper ballots.
  • We confirm before and after the election that the certified voting system software has not been modified.

Additionally, all Hart Verity Voting System election equipment used to print ballots, mark ballots, scan ballots, and tally the votes on the ballots are not connected to the internet, or any outside network for that matter. And, the equipment lacks any hardware that would allow it to connect to the internet.

The Registrar of Voters complies with the requirements of Elections Code section 19205.

To be certified for use in California, the Hart Verity Voting System software underwent security testing and source code review conducted and overseen by the Secretary of State.

Finally, the Registrar of Voters uses numbered security seals to cover every opening on each piece of voting equipment. These seals are checked and logged daily by Vote Center employees to prevent and detect tampering.
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:
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Current Voter Registration
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