We had 32 staff and in our warehouse tonight receiving and processing election supplies and returns.
The ROV recruited 139 poll workers for the Special Recall Election.
The ROV recruited 23 County employees as Poll Workers for the Special Recall Election.

The ROV recruited 36 poll sites for February 2nd.

  

Shown above poll workers at Montevideo School in Mission Viejo wait for voters.  This was the largest poll site in the city today (2,700 voters in the precincts).


We proof election results multiple times before we post them on our website.  Shown above we are proofing our third update (at 10:00 p.m.).


We pulled paper ballots cast at Mission Viejo poll sites tonight and prepped them for scanning tomorrow.  41 paper ballots were cast at the polls.

 

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» Mission Viejo Special Recall Election Over         Today we conducted the Mission Viejo Special Recall Election, which concluded at 8 p.m. this evening.  In September recall proponents turned in nearly 14,000 signatures to our office, of which roughly 9,400 were verified. We plan to have the election certified and the results delivered to the City of Mission Viejo by 5 p.m. Wednesday evening.  You can view the election results by clicking here.

Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters

 
» Poll Site Turnout Picked Up Later in the Day
Shown at right a voter votes today at the Montevideo School in Mission Viejo.  At this time (just before noon) turnout was below 2%.  As the day progressed the average turnout rose to 5% at poll sites throughout the city.  All of our 36 poll sites opened on time and were fully staffed.
 

 

»Governor's Proclamation Calling for June Primary Election
As required by law Governor Schwarzenegger has issued an official proclamation calling for the Primary Election.
»Calendar for June Primary Election
 The June Primary Election will be taking place on June 8, 2010.  Much of our planning centers around this election calendar which highlights major milestones.
»Secretary of State Calendar for June Primary Election
 While our calendar is specific to our deadlines and planning this State calendar provides a good overview of the election.
»Secretary of State Re-Certification for Use of Hart Voting System                           
Following the "Top-to-Bottom" voting system review by the Secretary of State our voting system was re-certified subject to these terms.
» Poll Workers in Mission Viejo Worked Well Together
 Shown at right poll workers at the City of Mission Viejo City Hall worked well as a team earlier this morning.  We had 139 poll workers work the polls and another 20 on stand by (at city hall) ready to be deployed due to cancellations.  Many of these poll workers also worked the Presidential election and the May 2009 Statewide Special Election.
 

» Smaller Election = Smaller Operations
Shown at right this evening election returns begin to arrive at our Santa Ana warehouse.  Receiving supplies from south county takes extra time.  We began to receive election supplies at 9:20 p.m. and posted our first precinct results at 9:38 p.m. Our final results were posted at 10:30 p.m.  We continued to process all vote-by-mail ballots received at poll sites tonight in preparation for our certification tomorrow.

  
»  Processing Provisional Ballots, Santa Ana, February 3, 2010
»  1% Manual Tally and Audit, Santa Ana, February 3, 2010
»  City of Mission Viejo Certification, Santa Ana, February 3, 2010
 
» What is "Vote, No Vote?"
This evening we processed all of the voter rosters used in Mission Viejo during today's election.  Voters sign these rosters next to their name and address and then are allowed to vote.  Shown at left one of our staff members scans the barcode next to the name of a voter tonight.  This data is then applied to our voter registration system to indicate the voter voted at the polls.  This is the process of applying a "vote" or a "no vote" to a voter (a critical part of the certification process).