Prepared exclusively for the Orange County Board of Supervisors by the Registrar of Voters' office. For more information please contact Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters at neal.kelley@rov.ocgov.com
The E-Minus calendar is at 25 days until the February election. See below for important updates.
The ROV has recruited 5,698 poll workers for the Presidential Primary.
The ROV has 340 County employees willing to work as County Poll Workers for February 5th.

The ROV has recruited 1,119 poll sites for February 5th on our way to 1,119.

  
We are at the tail end of mailing 1.5 million sample ballots to every registered voter in the county.  The final mailing will take place this weekend.


Phone bank operations are up and running.  Voters can call 714-567-7600 and press option "0" for questions.

      
We have set up a separate processing center for vote-by-mail ballots which is open to the public at our Santa Ana offices.

Click here to see past issues.

 

  
» 400,000 Vote-by-Mail Ballots On The Way to Voters Shown at left yesterday we sent dozens of pallets containing live ballots for the February Presidential Primary election to the post office.  The Santa Ana facility was standing by for our large volume of permanent vote-by-mail ballots.  These should arrive in voters' mailboxes starting today and running through the weekend.  Voters must return these by close of polls February 5th.

 Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters

 
» Scanning Thousands of Seals Underway 
In compliance with Secretary of State guidelines our new bar coded seals (shown at right) are being applied to each device going to poll sites.  For one JBC (Judges Booth Controller) we apply 6 separate seals which secure the equipment from tampering.  We have developed our own tracking software to manage each seal, for each piece of equipment in each individual precinct.
 

 

»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.
»Calendar for Presidential Primary Election
The Presidential Primary will be taking place on February 5, 2008.  Much of our planning centers around this election calendar which highlights major milestones.
»Calendar for Statewide Direct Primary Election
The Statewide Primary will be taking place on June 3, 2008.  Much of our planning centers around this election calendar which highlights major milestones.
»Anaheim Union High School District Election
The election to fill the vacancy on the Anaheim Union High School District Board will take place on February 5, 2008.  This calendar notes major milestones.
» New High Priority "Ballot Only" Card Identifies Official Election Mail
With the mailing of our permanent vote-by-mail ballots we have identified them with a new U.S. Postal Service card.  In response to election mailing issues in the past the post office has created this new card for use across the country.  This new card separates political mail from official election ballots giving the ballots an extremely high priority status.
 
» Large Demand For Outreach Events Continues     Today we will be attending the Rancho Santa Margarita voter outreach event (located at city hall).  On Monday, January 14th we will be at the UCI campus for their voter outreach event.  At both events we will have our voting trailer on-site and will be providing voting materials, hands-on practice with voting equipment and voter registration. 
 
»  UCI Town Hall Election Forum, Irvine, January 14, 2008
»  St. Andrew's Church, Newport Beach, January 16, 2008
»  Latino Youth Conference, Santa Ana, January 19, 2008
 
» Mobile Scanning Uses Cell Phone Technology for February Election                                                       One of the more popular recent editions to our services is our tracking of precinct returns.  In the past we had to rely on spotty wireless connections to make this work.  For February we will be employing mobile scan devices using direct connections to cell towers. This will allow our website to be updated instantaneously showing where returns are throughout the night.
 
This document is provided for informational purposes only.  Specific information can be obtained by contacting Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters at 567-5139 or neal.kelley@rov.ocgov.com