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SANTA ANA, CA - This amended press release provides updates to contests where there are extensions to the filing period. The Registrar of Voters announced today that the nomination period has been extended until August 15, 2018, 5:00 p.m. for the offices listed below because the incumbent failed to file Nomination Papers by the August 10, 2018 deadline.

Any qualified person, other than the incumbent, can now file the Nomination Papers until August 15, 2018, 5:00 p.m., in the office of the Registrar of Voters, 1300 South Grand Avenue, Building C, Santa Ana, California. 

SANTA ANA, CA - Accuracy testing of Orange County's voting system will take place Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. for the August 7, 2018 32nd Senate District Special General Election.

The Logic and Accuracy test is required by law to be performed prior to each election. Logic and Accuracy tests will include proofing the programming of the ballot, each ballot style and each contest position on the ballot. All previous tests of the voting system have proven it to be 100% accurate.

The process is open to the public.

SANTA ANA, CA - Orange County will conduct a second risk-limiting audit beginning Thursday, June 28, 2018. The second ballot polling audit is not required under California law and is being conducted as an additional pilot to refine our approaches to risk-limiting audits.

SANTA ANA, CA - Orange County will conduct a risk-limiting audit beginning Monday, June 11, 2018. The ballot polling audit is not required under California law and is being conducted as a pilot to refine our approaches to risk-limiting audits.

SANTA ANA, CA - The Orange County Registrar of Voters is reminding voters that the deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot for the June 5, 2018 Statewide Primary Election is approaching. Applications must be received by midnight on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. 

Applications from registered voters may be submitted online (ocvote.gov/mail) until midnight May 29, 2018. Voters also have the option of applying in-person at the Registrar of Voters (1300 South Grand Avenue, Santa Ana) up to 5:00 p.m. on May 29, 2018. 

SANTA ANA, CA – "Pop up" mobile voting will be launched for the first time in Orange County beginning tomorrow at the Santa Ana Civic Center. Additional locations can be found by visiting ocvote.gov/early. Any Orange County voter can vote at any "pop up" mobile voting locations.

SANTA ANA, CA - The Registrar of Voters is set to begin early in-person voting for the June 5, 2018 Statewide Primary Election at five Vote Center locations throughout Orange County starting on Saturday, May 26, 2018. 

SANTA ANA, CA - Accuracy testing of Orange County's voting system will take place Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. for the June 5, 2018 Statewide Primary Election.

The Logic and Accuracy test is required by law to be performed prior to each election. Logic and Accuracy tests will include proofing the programming of the ballot, each ballot style and each contest position on the ballot. All previous tests of the voting system have proven it to be 100% accurate.

The process is open to the public.

WHAT: Logic and Accuracy Test

SANTA ANA, CA – The Registrar of Voters would like to remind vote-by-mail voters to apply the proper postage to their vote-by-mail ballots prior to mailing them.

SANTA ANA, CA - The Registrar of Voters mailed a record number of vote-by-mail ballots to voters today. The number of voters receiving a permanent vote-by-mail ballot has quadrupled in the past eight years.

Quote by Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley

"The number of voters choosing to vote-by-mail continues to grow in Orange County". He continued, "Growth in vote-by-mail usage since 1996 exceeds 6,000%".

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