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2020 Presidential General Election
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A common question often repeated is why Orange County must provide translated election materials and bi-lingual support in Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.  Federal law requires that we provide support for those registered voters who request this assistance.  This means that we must be prepared by offering these materials even if a voter does not request assistance in a covered polling place.

United States Senator
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Representative in Congress
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Governor
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Lieutenant Governor
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Secretary of State
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Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act (Proposition 14)

A new open primary law took effect in 2012.  The “Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act” requires that all candidates for a voter-nominated office be listed on the same ballot.  Previously known as partisan offices, voter-nominated offices are state legislative offices, U.S. congressional offices, and state constitutional offices.

In 2006 Congress reauthorized the Voting Rights Act, which was signed into law by President George W. Bush.  The 2006 reauthorization provided instruction to the U.S. Census Bureau to use the American Community Survey and other compatible census data when determining which voting jurisdictions must provide translated election materials.

Reauthorization of the Act also included instructed that the U.S. Census Bureau produce language support determinations every five years (as opposed to the previous requirements of ten year determinations).  

The American Community Survey (ACS) is a large national survey that uses continuous measurement methods to produce detailed demographic, social, economic, and housing data each year.  It was designed to provide timely data for both large and small geographic areas.

By 1965 concerted efforts to break the grip of state disfranchisement had been under way for some time, but had achieved only modest success overall and in some areas had proved almost entirely ineffectual. The murder of voting-rights activists in Philadelphia and Mississippi, gained national attention, along with numerous other acts of violence and terrorism.

This Election Voting Is Different!

The Orange County Registrar of Voters invites you to experience a new way of voting.

Learn about the benefits of Vote Centers such as being able to:

• Register to vote
• Cast your ballot 
• Turn in a vote-by-mail ballot
• And much more!

Date and Time:

Tuesday, January 7, 2020 • 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Locations: 

Orange County Registrar of Voters

1300 South Grand Avenue
Building C
Santa Ana, CA