Voting

SANTA ANA, CA – The Registrar of Voters will be hosting a public meeting to present its draft Election Administration Plan (EAP), which is the plan that will be used to implement Vote Centers in Orange County, on Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at the Orange County Department of Education.

SANTA ANA, CA - Accuracy testing of Orange County's voting system will take place Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. for the November 5, 2019 , 2019 General District Election. The Logic and Accuracy test is required by law to be performed prior to each election. Logic and Accuracy tests will include proofing the programming of the ballot, each ballot style and each contest position on the ballot. The process is open to the public.

SANTA ANA, CA – If you are a No Party Preference voter and want to vote for a presidential candidate, the Registrar of Voters needs to hear which ballot you would like by January 2nd for March 3, 2020 Presidential Primary Election. No Party Preference voters that do not inform the Registrar of Voters will receive a ballot without presidential candidates.

SANTA ANA, CA – Following the successful pop-up voting program in the 2018 midterm election cycle, the Orange County Registrar of Voters is pleased to announce the pop-up voting schedule for the March 3, 2020 Presidential Primary Election with sites ranging from Buena Park to San Clemente. Pop-up voting provides a full mobile Vote Center solution to bring voting to high-traffic locations for a single day.

SANTA ANA, CA – The Registrar of Voters is urging Orange County’s voters to not wait until March 3rd to vote. This election voting is different - new options allow voters to vote in-person over an 11-day window. Vote Centers are open now through March 3, 2020 – for locations and hours visit ocvote.gov/votecenter.

SANTA ANA, CA - On Sunday, March 1, 2020 at approximately 4:30 p.m., the Orange County Registrar of Voters received reports that a shooting occurred near the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Santa Ana (the site of one of our Vote Centers). Vote Center staff and voters have been evacuated and are safe. An active criminal investigation is taking place and the Santa Ana Police Department is asking the public to stay away from the vicinity of the area.

SANTA ANA, CA - Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley has just certified the official results of the March Presidential Primary Election, held on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.

Total turnout from the election was 50.1% with 79.21% of voters casting their ballot by mail and 20.79% casting their ballot in-person at one of 189 Vote Centers throughout Orange County. The ballots cast for this Presidential Primary (817,844) was 18.2% higher than the 2016 Presidential Primary Election (691,802) and 91.5% higher than the 2012 Presidential Primary Election (426,869). 

SANTA ANA, CA - Accuracy testing of Orange County's voting system will take place Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. for the April 7, 2020, City of Westminster Special Recall Election. The Logic and Accuracy test is required by law to be performed prior to each election. Logic and Accuracy tests will include proofing the programming of the ballot, each ballot style and each contest position on the ballot. Due to the response of the COVID-19 pandemic, the building is closed to the public.