Observation Schedule for City of Seal Beach Districts 3 and 5 Municipal Run-Off Election
SANTA ANA, CA – December 22, 2022 – The public is invited to observe as the Orange County Registrar of Voters conducts the City of Seal Beach Districts 3 and 5 Municipal Run-Off Election.
The start date for significant election activities are listed below. Daily election activities are posted and updated on an observation calendar on the Registrar of Voters website – ocvote.gov/observe.
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Start Date/Time |
Observable Election Activity |
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January 3, 2023 1:00 p.m. |
Processing of Mail Ballots Mail ballot processing includes sorting, signature verification, collection and return operations, and duplication of the official ballots. |
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January 10, 2023 10:00 a.m. |
Pre-Election Logic and Accuracy Test Accuracy testing of Orange County’s voting system will start with the preparation of test ballots and will continue until all devices to be used in this election have been included in the test. It is expected that scanning of the test ballots will commence on January 10, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. |
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January 10, 2023 10:00 a.m. |
Counting of Mail Ballots Mail ballots accepted for counting are scanned. The votes on the scanned ballots may not be tabulated by the voting system, accessed by Registrar of Voters staff, or released until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 31. |
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January 31, 2023 8:00 p.m. |
Tabulation of Mail Ballots The votes from ballots processed before this time will be tabulated by the voting system. |
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February 1, 2023 10:00 a.m. |
Official Canvass During the Official Canvass, the Registrar of Voters continues to process mail ballots; accounts for all ballots that were issued, voted, and those that were not used; and completes audits. The canvass must be completed no later than Thursday, March 2. |
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February 1, 2023 11:00 a.m. |
One Percent Manual Tally Ballots from at least 1% of all precincts will be randomly selected at this time. It is expected that the hand counting of those ballots to verify the votes tabulated by the voting system software will commence on Friday, February 3. |
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February 1, 2023 11:00 a.m. |
Risk Limiting Audit If a Risk Limiting Audit will be conducted for this election, the contests to be included in the Risk Limiting Audit as well as the randomly selected seed number of at least 20 digits to select ballots will be determined at this time. It is expected that the hand counting of those ballots to verify the votes tabulated by the voting system software will commence on Thursday, February 9. |
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February 9, 2023 8:00 a.m. |
Post-Election Logic and Accuracy Test The scanning of test ballots on all voting system devices will commence to confirm that the system is still tabulating votes accurately. |