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High School Voter Education Weeks Recap
During High School Voter Education Weeks, Registrar of Voters’ (ROV) Community Engagement Team reached out to more than 100 local high schools and youth groups and supported students as they pre-registered or registered to vote. Friday, Sept. 25 marked the end of this Secretary of State-sponsored initiative focused on outreach to high school students to prepare them to vote and increase civic awareness. The team also provided 45 in-person and virtual voter education presentations to students and hosted four voter registration drives at several high schools. Students aged 16 and 17 were able to pre-register to vote. Students who are at least 18 years old or will be by Nov. 3, 2026, are eligible to vote in the General Election. Outreach to Orange County schools continues beyond the two-week initiative. The team is providing 13 more presentations at three additional high schools this week, with another school scheduled next week. ROV extends its gratitude to Orange County high schools and staff for their support. Bob Page Registrar of Voters |
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| Allowable Uses of Voter Information Do you wonder how political campaigns find you to send you mail, emails and text messages? ROV must comply with California law, which designates voter registration information as confidential public records that can be accessed for limited purposes. If an applicant requests voter data for one of the following allowable uses, state law provides that the ROV shall provide the voter data:
Prohibited uses of voter registration information include:
A voter’s California driver’s license number, California identification card number, social security number, language preference and signature are always confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person. |
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| What a Recent Court Decision Means for Orange County Voters Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a federal database may be used to check citizenship of registered voters while a legal challenge to this use of the database continues to be heard in a lower court. On Friday, Sept. 25, the Court allowed the federal government to make that database available to state and local election officials. The decision does not change how you register to vote in California. Federal and California law require people registering to vote to attest and sign a voter registration affidavit under penalty of perjury that they are a United States citizen. Neither requires documentary proof of citizenship. ROV complies with these laws, only registering voters who have certified under penalty of perjury that they are a citizen. California law also says a voter's self-attestation is proof for voting purposes that the voter is a citizen. ROV is not authorized to separately verify a voter's citizenship. But, if we receive an allegation that a voter is not a citizen, we will refer it to the OC District Attorney and/or the Secretary of State to investigate. In addition, ROV complies with the U.S. Help America Vote Act, which requires individuals registering by mail to vote for the first time to provide either a valid California driver's license or state ID card number. Applicants who do not have either can provide the last four digits of their Social Security number. That number, along with the voter's name and date of birth, must match the information on file with the Department of Motor Vehicles. Keeping accurate voter rolls is ongoing work. ROV regularly compares voter roll information to databases maintained by third parties such as consumer credit reporting agencies, reviews voter registration files for potentially duplicate records and encourages voters to re-register when we notice a change in their signatures. Federal law also bars election officials from systematically removing voters from the rolls in the 90 days before a federal election, a period that began Aug. 5. Learn more at ocvote.gov/list-maintenance. To confirm your registration is current, visit ocvote.gov/verify or call our Voter Assistance Hotline at 714-567-7600. |
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| Electioneering and Voting Do Not Mix Electioneering inside a Vote Center and within 100 feet of the entrance to a building containing a Vote Center, a Ballot Drop Box, drive-thru ballot drop-off or curbside voting location is strictly prohibited. Violations can lead to fines and/or imprisonment. Electioneering includes wearing clothing that displays a message that includes a candidate’s name, image, logo, and/or support or opposition to any candidate or ballot measure if the voter is within 100 feet of any voting location or standing in line to vote if the line extends more than 100 feet. Petitions also cannot be circulated in the electioneering-free zone. Blocking access to a voting location is prohibited as well. For a full list of prohibited electioneering activities, visit our website at ocvote.gov/electioneering. To report electioneering, call our Voter Assistance Hotline at 714-567-7600 or 888-OCVOTES (888-628-6837). |
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| Open House Invite You are invited! One week from today, ROV opens its doors so Orange County voters can see for themselves how ballots are processed. Join us Tuesday, Oct. 6, from 4 to 7 p.m. at our headquarters, 1300 S. Grand Ave., Building C in Santa Ana. The Open House will enable you to view the various steps we take when processing ballots during each election. Members of the ROV team will demonstrate and answer questions about our processes to ensure elections are secure, fair, accurate, transparent and accessible. We will demonstrate:
If you are unable to attend our Open House, you still have many opportunities to observe election operations before, during and after Election Day. Visit ocvote.gov/observe for a complete list of activities, an Observation Schedule and an Observer Guidelines Handbook for the November 3, 2026 General Election. |
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