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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. One more week of voting is available! During the first three weeks of early voting, the Registrar of Voters has signature verified and accepted for counting 431,172 Vote-By-Mail ballots. And during the first three days of Vote Center operations, 4,776 voters have cast an in-person ballot. All of these ballots will be included in the election results report posted on November 4. Information about the number of ballots returned and the method used to cast them is updated daily on the Registrar of Voters website. Visit our Data Central page at ocvote.gov/datacentral and follow these steps:
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| Current Tweet Voters don’t have to wait until November 4 to vote in the 2025 Statewide Special Election. One more week of voting is available! |
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| How to Complete a Ballot To ensure a Vote-By-Mail ballot is counted, here are some helpful tips for voters when filling the ballot out:
Voters have four easy and secure ways to cast their ballot:
Voters who plan to mail their ballot to the Registrar of Voters are encouraged to provide it to the USPS before Election Day. Ballot envelopes must be postmarked by November 4. Changes earlier this year to mail processing could result in the USPS postmarking ballots the day after they are put in the mail. For more information on completing or casting a ballot, visit ocvote.gov/voting. |
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| How to Request a Replacement Ballot If a voter’s Vote-By-Mail ballot is damaged or the voter made an error marking it and hasn’t cast it yet, the voter can still get a replacement ballot mailed to them by requesting one online today at ocvote.gov/replacement. The deadline to have a replacement Vote-By-Mail ballot mailed to voters is seven days before the election, which is today (October 28). Voters will be asked to confirm their identity before they can apply for a replacement. If voters require a replacement ballot after today, they can obtain one in-person at any of our 66 Vote Centers throughout the county or by visiting the Registrar of Voters at 1300 S. Grand Ave., Building C, Santa Ana, CA 92705. Vote Centers are their busiest on the last day of voting. Voters can avoid the rush by visiting a Vote Center before Tuesday, November 4. Voters can check wait times at the Vote Centers closest to them at ocvote.gov/time. |
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| What is the Penalty for Voter Fraud? The Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) has criminally charged a Costa Mesa woman with allegedly creating a fictitious voter registration using the name of her dog and casting two Vote-By-Mail ballots in two elections. She allegedly voted one ballot mailed to her using her own registration and one mailed to the fictitious voter she created. According to the OCDA’s press release, the woman could be sentenced to up to six years in prison if she is convicted on all five felony counts she faces. The ballot for the fictitious voter she allegedly cast in the 2022 General Election was rejected because no proof of identity had been provided to be able to vote in a federal election. In addition, the District Attorney alleged that the ballot the woman cast using the fictitious registration during the 2021 Gubernatorial Recall Election was counted because California law only requires voters to attest under penalty of perjury that they are eligible to vote in state and local elections. If the Orange County Registrar of Voters uncovers or is provided evidence that another person may have similarly created a fictitious voter registration using the name of a pet, we will refer the evidence to the Orange County District Attorney for investigation and potential prosecution. |
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| Why Did the U.S. Department of Justice Sue the OC Registrar of Voters? At issue in USA v. Page is whether federal law requires the Registrar of Voters (OCROV) to provide voter registration documents containing registrants’ sensitive personal information to the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) or any member of the public seeking to determine whether OCROV maintains the Orange County voter registration list in compliance with federal law. This sensitive personal information includes: California driver’s license and identification card numbers, social security numbers, California Secretary of State-assigned voter identification numbers, language preference, race, and signature images. In June, USDOJ requested voter registration documents for any former registrants whose voter registration was cancelled since January 1, 2020 because they did not meet the U.S. citizenship requirement. Pursuant to OCROV’s statutory duty to protect confidential voter registration information, OCROV redacted sensitive personal information from the records for 17 former registrants before giving the documents to USDOJ. OCROV’s production of all responsive records with redaction of the former registrants’ sensitive personal information was in compliance with federal and state law. To learn more about the lawsuit, visit OCROV’s website at ocvote.gov/media/usa-v-page-case-no-825-cv-01370-doc-ads. |
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