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Notice of Election

Notice is hereby given that a Special Election will be held on March 12, 2019 within the Third Supervisorial District of the Orange County Board of Supervisors to fill the vacancy in the office of Third District Supervisor from said district arising from the resignation of office by Todd Spitzer. 

Nomination papers may be obtained at the office of the Registrar of Voters beginning January 9, 2019, and the deadline for filing nomination papers in that office is no later than January 28, 2019, 5:00 p.m. To qualify for the office of Third District Supervisor, the candidate must be a registered voter in the district which he/she seeks to represent for at least 30 days immediately preceding the deadline for filing nomination documents for the office.

Notice is hereby given that the polls for said election will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. All ballots cast in said election will be counted centrally at the Registrar of Voters’ office, 1300-C South Grand Avenue, Santa Ana.

Notice is further given that vote-by-mail ballot processing will begin on 
February 11, 2019, and will continue Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. until the election is certified on or about April 11, 2019.  The vote-by-mail ballot process is open to the public at 1300-C South Grand Avenue, Santa Ana.

Notice is further given that the manual tally of specific precincts will begin on 
March 13, 2019 at the Orange County Registrar of Voters’ office, 1300-C South Grand Avenue, Santa Ana.

Dated this 8th day of January, 2019.
Neal Kelley
Registrar of Voters

Secretary of State Random Draw
A critical tool to determine the order of candidates on the ballot is the Secretary of State’s random draw.