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GENERAL VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION
November 2, 2010 General Municipal Election
Register to Vote (Click Here)
Deadline is October 18, 2010
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PARTICIPATE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
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REGISTER TO VOTE
The deadline to register to vote in the November 2, 2010 General Municipal Election is October 18, 2010. Voter registration forms are available at all public libraries, community centers and City Hall. To receive a registration form by mail, please call the Orange County Registrar of Voters office at (714) 567-7600 or the City Clerk's office at (949) 724-6205. Completed registration forms can be hand-delivered to the Registrar's office, located at 1300 S. Grand Ave. Santa Ana or Irvine City Hall, located at One Civic Center Plaza; or dropped off in any U.S. mailbox. No postage is necessary.
To register online, visit http://ocvote.com/vote/howtoregister.htm. After completing the online registration form, simply print, sign and mail or hand deliver to the Registrar's Office or the City Clerk's Office.
Once registered you must re-register every time you: Move, Change Your Name or Change Your Political Party Affiliation.
EARLY VOTING
The Registrar of Voters offers early voting prior to most elections at several locations throughout Orange County. The Irvine Civic Center and the University of California Irvine are traditionally designated as early voting sites. All Orange County registered voters are invited to bring their sample ballots to any early voting site in the county. Locations are posted on the Orange County Registrar of Voters' website at http://www.ocvote.com/ prior to the scheduled election.
VOTE-BY-MAIL
Voting-by-mail allows a voter to submit their ballot for a given election by mail. However, you must first request that a mail ballot be sent to you. There are different vote-by-mail options; Click here to learn more. It is very important to remember that the voted ballot must be received-not just postmarked-by the Registrar of Voters no later than 8:00pm on Election Day. Late ballots cannot be counted!
BECOME A POLL WORKER
The Orange County Registrar of Voters is always seeking volunteers to staff each polling place on Election Day. For information on how to become a poll worker, visit http://www.ocvote.com/volunteer/volunteeroutreachenglish.htm. Poll workers receive a stipend for their time.
STUDENT POLL WORKER PROGRAM
To expose young people to democratic decision-making at an earlier age, the California State Legislature amended the elections code in 1996 to allow high school students to serve as poll workers on Election Day. This special program gives students hands-on experience with the voting process. To join other high school students throughout Orange County and the state as they discover firsthand how the American electoral process, please go to http://ocvote.com/volunteer/student_pw.htm.
For additional election information, you may contact the Orange County Registrar of Voters office at (714) 567-7600 or http://www.ocvote.com. You may also contact the City Clerk's office at (949) 724-6205.
For November 2, 2010 Municipal Election information click here.
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