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Remote Accessible Ballots for Eligible Voters

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Official election observation training will provide any member of the public with important rules and regulations

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SANTA ANA, CA - The Registrar of Voters is offering free training for any member of the public, or group, that wishes to observe the election process in a polling place on Election Day.

California election law governs the conduct of elections, which includes the rules surrounding the public observation process. The training, which is being offered on three different days, includes important information that will cover the following topics:

October 27, 2016 - Think ahead to Election Day for a moment. You might be in a hurry, but it's possible that your polling place will be crowded at the moment you arrive. You can avoid this scenario by choosing the time you want to vote - on your schedule - by visiting one of our six Vote Centers in Orange County. These Vote Centers will be open beginning this coming Saturday, October 29th and will be open everyday through November 7th. Don't have time to vote in-person? Consider voting-by-mail - the fastest growing method of voting in Orange County. 

April 1, 2018 - It is increasingly difficult to recruit polling places, for a variety of reasons. For instance, a long-time polling place in an apartment complex clubhouse, located in Westminster (since 1994), recently told us that they no longer wanted to be a polling place due to parking and "space concerns". Voters don't understand these changes and dynamics, which make it demanding for voters and us alike.

May 24, 2016 - This is a question we receive quite often - especially from voters who only vote once every few years. When a voter fills out a registration form, one of the questions asked (in fact it's #14 on the California form) is "Do you want to register with a political party?". There are 8 possible answers, including major and minor parties, as well as declining to affiliate with a party (known as "No Party Preference, or NPP").

March 24, 2018 - California has one of the most complicated rotation laws in the country - the order of candidates on the ballot will rotate, depending on where voters live in Orange County.  For most contests we arrange the names of the candidates according to the randomized alphabet for the First Assembly District.  Then for each succeeding Assembly District, the name appearing first in the last preceding Assembly District will be placed last, while the order of the other names will remain unchanged. Got all of that?

August 15, 2016 - Friday was the deadline for cities, school districts, special districts, and other jurisdictions to decide if they wanted to place a measure or item on the November 8th ballot.  We have a record number of measures for a general election (33 in fact - this does not include state propositions, which total 17). Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley assigns the letters (generally starting with the last letter used in the previous election) - in this case "I" was the last letter used in June, so we begin with "J".

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