Extension of Candidate Filing Period for the Presidential Primary 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 March 16, 2016, 5:00 p.m. for the offices listed below because the incumbent failed to file Nomination Papers by the March 11, 2016 deadline.

Any qualified person, other than the incumbent, can now file the Nomination Papers until March 16, 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:

  • United States Senate

  • United States Congress, 46th District

  • State Assembly, 55th District

 

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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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