Extension of Candidate Filing Period for the Presidential General Election

When incumbents do not file for re-election the filing period is extended.

SANTA ANA, CA - The Registrar of Voters announced today that the nomination period has been extended until August 17, 2016, 5:00 p.m. for the offices listed below because the incumbent failed to file Nomination Papers by the August 12, 2016 deadline.

Any qualified person, other than the incumbent, can now file the Nomination Papers until August 17, 2016, 5:00 p.m., in the office of the Registrar of Voters, 1300 South Grand Avenue, Building C, Santa Ana, California. 

Business hours are:
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

For further information, call the Registrar of Voters office at 714-567-7600, hit option "0" and ask for “Candidate and Voters Services” division.

CONTESTS THAT HAVE HAD THE CANDIDATE FILING EXTENDED:

  • North Orange County Community College District, Trustee Area 2
  • North Orange County Community College District, Trustee Area 7
  • Capistrano Unified School District, Trustee Area 3
  • Irvine Unified School District
  • Laguna Beach Unified School District
  • Orange Unified School District, Trustee Area 6
  • Saddleback Valley Unified School District
  • Santa Ana Unified School District
  • Huntington Beach City School District
  • Ocean View School District
  • Westminster School District
  • Capistrano Bay Community Services District
  • Emerald Bay Service District
  • Surfside Colony Community Services District
  • Three Arch Bay Community Services District
  • Silverado-Modjeska Recreation and Park District
  • Surfside Colony Storm Water Protection District
  • South Coast Water District
  • Yorba Linda Water District
  • Municipal Water District of Orange County, Division 7

 

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The Registrar of Voters is responsible for conducting elections in the County of Orange, the fifth largest voting jurisdiction in the United States with 1.8 million registered voters. We are a County agency, which receives funding from the County's General Fund and periodic reimbursement from the federal government, the State of California and local jurisdictions. Read more >>

Media Contacts:
Enedina Chhim
Community Outreach Manager 
714-567-5197
[email protected]

Source:
Orange County Registrar of Voters

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