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 4 days until the February election. See below for important updates.
The ROV has recruited 5,776 poll workers for the Presidential Primary.
The ROV has 367 County employees willing to work as County Poll Workers for February 5th.

The ROV has recruited 1,118 poll sites for February 5th.

  
We will be open tomorrow, February 2, 2008 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to allow voters to cast their ballots.


Our mobile early voting site at Cal State Fullerton was very popular this past week.  Students were able to cast ballots and obtain information.

      
Visitors from Oregon universities will be observing our vote-by-mail ballot processing for the Presidential Primary.

Click here to see past issues.

 

  
» Last Minute Countdown to Super Tuesday          Activity in our office continues to intensify as Election Day approaches.  At any given time dozens of semi-trucks are leaving our warehouse with voting booths.  We have been keeping up with the increasing volume of returned vote-by-mail ballots which currently stands at 204,389 (a nearly 50% turnout in just vote-by-mail ballots).

 Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters

 
» Empty Warehouse Equals Progress
Shown at right this morning the final containers of 9,000 voting booths have been moving out of our warehouse.  It has been complicated as we work to comply with the new requirements from the Secretary of State.  Each voting booth now has multiple bar-coded security seals (61,000 in all) which we scan, cross reference and print on chain-of-custody documents.  The final deliveries to poll sites will be taking place this weekend.
 

 

»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.
» Final Coordinator Training Underway
Shown at right this afternoon final equipment was being picked up by field coordinators for Election Day.  We have doubled the number of these roving supervisors who will be ready to respond to assist poll workers on February 5th.  50 of them will be radio dispatched as lead coordinators and 230 will be dispatched via cell phone.  The average number of poll sites for each coordinator to manage is 3 to 4.
 
» Thousands of Supplies Being Readied for Busy Weekend                                                                   Thousands of supplies and boxes line our warehouse as we finalize the last pieces of our poll worker supplies.  This weekend we will operate 12 sites throughout the County where poll workers will pick up their supplies.  Included in these supplies are precinct specific items, such as return bags, sample ballots and paper ballots.  Tonight we will be loading dozens of trucks for delivery tomorrow.
 
»  Poll Worker Supply Distribution, Countywide, February 2, 2008
»  Poll Worker Practice Session, Santa Ana, February 2, 2008
»  Coordinator Training, Santa Ana, February 2, 2008
 
» Logic and Accuracy Test of Our Voting System Shows 100% Accuracy                                                 This week we completed a detailed test of our voting system.  This logic and accuracy test, required by the state, is a daylong test designed to show no anomalies or discrepancies in the tally system.  A spread sheet is created (shown at left) of votes for each candidate or measure.  These are entered into voting booths, tallied and then compared against the expected results.  
 
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