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 June election. See below for important updates.
The ROV has recruited 4,760 poll workers for the Statewide Primary.
The ROV has 340 County employees willing to work as County Poll Workers for June 3rd.

The ROV has recruited 1,123 poll sites for June 3rd.

  
We will be open May 19th until 8 p.m. which is the close of voter registration for the June 3rd Primary Election.  Registration for the Capistrano election will close June 9th.


A new citizen swearing in ceremony will be taking place in Los Angeles County on May 24th.  We will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. that day to accept new citizen registrations and allow them to vote. 

      
Our popular poll worker practice sessions will return again for June in Santa Ana, Rancho Santa Margarita, Huntington Beach.  They will take place May 27, 28, 29 and 30.

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» 1.5 Million Sample Ballots Mailed This Week       With the June Primary just 25 days away we mailed 1.5 million sample ballots to voters this week.  These are prepared in batches of 300,000 during a 24-hours period and then shipped to the Long Beach Postal Distribution center for processing.  Following close behind this mailing we mailed the permanent vote-by-mail ballots.  We expect a flood of vote-by-mail requests to begin arriving in our office next week.

 Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters

 
» Poll Worker Training Classes Underway Throughout the County
Shown at right is an Inspector (poll site supervisor) class which was taking place today in Costa Mesa.  We have currently scheduled 3,054 Clerks and 952 Inspectors. While we have more to schedule there is enough time to continue to recruit poll workers and place them into training.
 

 

 

»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 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.
»Calendar for Capistrano Unified School District Recall Election
The Capistrano Unified recall election will be taking place on June 24, 2008.  Much of our planning centers around this election calendar which highlights major milestones.
»Capistrano Unified School District Recall Handbook
The details of candidate filing, the recall election and important Election Codes surrounding this election can be found in this handbook.
» Capistrano Recall Election Sample Ballot in Final Production Stages
The CUSD recall election sample ballot cover, shown at right, is on schedule to drop in the mail by May 15th (the first day allowed by law).  This election will serve 209,000 registered voters in one of the largest school districts in California.  Voters will be presented with a ballot that has two parts - Should the officer be recalled and if one or both are recalled who shall take their place?  Vote-by-mail balloting opens shortly after the 15th.
 
» Web Traffic to Our Website Continues to Grow       Shown at right the peaks in the graph represents a tremendous amount of web traffic on our website from 7:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. during the February Presidential Primary.  We had 1,485,000 hits to our website throughout the day.  20,162 were unique visitors and the page views were 184,815.  84.27% of the visitors were from the United States, 15.55% were from unknown origin and 0.17% were from International visitors.  
 
»  Laguna Niguel Chamber, Laguna Niguel, May 9, 2008
»  MyBallot Field Trip, Santa Ana, May 19, 2008
»  Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce, Santa Ana, May 21, 2008
 
» Ballot Quality Control Critical Piece of Mailing Process                                                                Shown at left Registrar staff examine outbound vote-by-mail ballots to ensure the correct ballot is going to the correct voters.  We instituted this fourth quality control proofing step in February as an added measure to our already sound process.  We randomly examine ballots to make sure that the party, ballot type and contest rotations are accurate.  
 
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