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Vote Early. It’s Easy and Secure.
Voters don’t have to wait until November 4 to vote in the 2025 Statewide Special Election. Twelve more days of voting are available! And, only two more days until Orange County voters can cast an in-person ballot at one of 32 Vote Centers that open on Saturday, October 25. An additional 34 Vote Centers will open on November 1. All Vote Centers will remain open until November 4. The hours of operation for Vote Centers are as follows:
To avoid possible lines on Election Day, vote early at a Vote Center during the first 10 days of operation. To locate a Vote Center near you, visit ocvote.gov/votecenter. Bob Page Registrar of Voters |
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| What You Can Do at a Vote Center Open four or 11 days, Vote Centers are one-stop locations for all things voting. Vote Centers allow you to not only vote, but to solve voter registration issues, register to vote, get a replacement ballot, and receive general assistance. You can visit any of the 66 Vote Centers throughout the county. Pick the one that is most convenient to you – whether it’s one close to where you live, work, shop, or play. Mark your Vote-By-Mail ballot at home and drop it off at a Vote Center. Pick one of the five locations with a drive thru ballot drop off if you don’t want to get out of your car. All Vote Centers meet ADA accessibility requirements and have convenient parking. Stop by a Vote Center to drop off the Vote-By-Mail ballot you’ve already marked or check in to receive, mark and cast an in-person ballot. All Vote Centers in Orange County will feature the following resources for voters with disabilities:
Language assistance is available at all Vote Centers, as well. Translated reference ballots in Farsi (Persian), Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, and Tagalog for eligible precincts will be available at all Vote Centers in Orange County. All election information and ballots are translated into Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese. We use electronic voter rosters on poll books that contain every voter in the county. All of our ballot-on-demand ballot printers and accessible ballot marking devices are loaded with a ballot for every precinct so that no matter which Vote Center you visit, you will receive the correct ballot. For additional information and to find a convenient Vote Center near you, visit ocvote.gov/votecenter. |
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| Keeping Ballots Secure When voted ballots are collected, Registrar of Voters uses teams of two staff members to transport the ballots and record chain of custody at each step in the process. For Vote-By-Mail ballots dropped off at a Vote Center, the staff records how many they received that day and the number on the seal they use to secure the ballot bag. That seal number is checked and re-recorded by the two-person team in the field that receives ballots from several Vote Centers in the same area. And, the seal number is checked again when the bag arrives at the Registrar of Voters before the ballot bag is opened and the ballots are removed for processing. The number of Vote-By-Mail ballots in the bag is also confirmed. In-person ballots fed through the Vote Center scanners by the voters are also collected following strict chain of custody procedures. When the Vote Centers close each night, Customer Service Representatives complete multiple tasks when preparing the paper ballots cast that day for delivery to the Registrar of Voters, including:
When the in-person ballots arrive at the Registrar of Voters, staff confirm the number on the ballot bag seal matches the number on the chain of custody form and record the number of ballots in each bag from the form. A separate team later opens each ballot bag and confirms the contents of the bag match the information on the chain of custody form. |
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| Signing the Voter Roster When a voter checks in to vote an in-person ballot at a Vote Center, California elections law requires the voter to state aloud their name and address. Elections Code section 14216 A Vote Center Customer Service Representative (CSR) then finds the voter on the electronic roster on a poll book, which includes the name and address of all 1.9 million active registered voters and 119,000 inactive voters in Orange County. Once the CSR confirms the voter has not already voted in the election, the CSR turns the poll book screen toward the voter for the voter to confirm the name and address is theirs. The voter then signs the roster under penalty of perjury that they are the voter on the roster. When the voter is signing the roster, the poll book screen displays a warning message to the voter that it is a crime punishable by imprisonment if they impersonate or attempt to impersonate a voter. |
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| Election Equipment Security – Seals Ensuring a secure and accurate election is our top priority. All election equipment features numbered security seals to protect against tampering. Registrar of Voters staff apply the security seals to the voting equipment before deployment. As part of our strict chain of custody procedures, those seals are verified by staff each morning before the equipment is put into use throughout the voting period. Each night when staff close the Vote Centers, they attach a new security seal and record the number for comparison the next morning. If a seal is discovered one morning to be broken or compromised in any way, that piece of equipment is taken offline pending a thorough investigation. |
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