Extension of Candidate Filing Period for the 2020 Presidential General Election

When incumbents do not file for re-election, the candidate filing period is extended.

SANTA ANA, CA - The Registrar of Voters announced today that the nomination period has been extended until 5:00 p.m. on August 12, 2020 for the office(s) listed below because the incumbent(s) failed to file Nomination Papers by the August 7, 2020 deadline.

Any qualified person, other than the incumbent, can now file the Nomination Papers until 5:00 p.m. on August 12, 2020 in the office of the Registrar of Voters, 1300 South Grand Avenue, Building C, Santa Ana, California. 

Business hours are:
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

For further information, call the Registrar of Voters office at 714-567-7600 and ask for “Candidate and Voters Services” division.

CONTESTS THAT HAVE HAD THE CANDIDATE FILING EXTENDED:

  • Rancho Santiago Community College District, Trustee Area 5
  • Rancho Santiago Community College District, Trustee Area 7 
  • South Orange County Community College District, Trustee Area 1
  • Brea Olinda Unified School District, Trustee Area 2
  • Capistrano Unified School District, Trustee Area 3
  • Irvine Unified School District, Trustee Area 3
  • Laguna Beach Unified School District
  • Los Alamitos Unified School District, Trustee Area 2
  • Newport-Mesa Unified School District, Trustee Area 3
  • Newport-Mesa Unified School District, Trustee Area 6
  • Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, Trustee Area 3
  • Fullerton Joint Union High School District, Trustee Area 3
  • Centralia School District, Trustee Area 4
  • Fullerton School District, Trustee Area 5
  • La Habra City School District, Full Term
  • La Habra City School District, Short Term
  • Westminster School District, Trustee Area 4
  • Capistrano Bay Community Services District
  • Rossmoor Community Services District, Full Term
  • Rossmoor Community Services District, Short Term
  • Three Arch Bay Community Services District
  • Silverado-Modjeska    Recreation and Park District
  • Sunset Beach Sanitary District, Short Term
  • Surfside Colony Storm Water Protection District
  • Moulton Niguel Water District
  • Rossmoor/Los Alamitos Area Sewer District, Short Term
  • Yorba Linda Water District
  • Municipal Water District of O.C., Division 4
  • Placentia Library District
  • Santiago Geologic Hazard Abatement District, Full Term
     

 

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The Registrar of Voters is responsible for conducting elections in the County of Orange, the fifth largest voting jurisdiction in the United States with 1.8 million registered voters. We are a County agency, which receives funding from the County's General Fund and periodic reimbursement from the federal government, the State of California and local jurisdictions. Read more >>

Media Contacts:
Enedina Chhim
Community Outreach Manager 
714-567-5197
[email protected]

Source:
Orange County Registrar of Voters

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