Orange County voters, your June 2 primary ballot is on the way.
Nearly 2 million ballots were picked up early Saturday morning at the county registrar of voters’ office in Santa Ana by the U.S. Postal Service and mailed to registered voters. Ballots should arrive in mailboxes as early as Monday, May 4, which is also when ballot drop boxes around the county will be open for eager voters.
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There are multiple ways to cast a ballot when ready: Return it via the U.S. Postal Service (no postage is required, but it must be postmarked on or before June 2 and received by your county elections office by June 9), place it in a drop box around the county or take it to a vote center, when those open later this month.
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Workers at the Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana load mail trucks with ballots that will be sent out on Saturday, May 2, 2026. Eligible voters should receive them by early next week, said a Registrar spokesperson. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
About 1.9 million ballots at the OC Registrars office in Santa Ana, will be loaded onto mailtrucks on Saturday, May 2, 2026 and be deliverd to eligible voters by early next week, said a Registrar spokesperson. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
USPS employee Taylor Jeffers gets ready to deliver a truckload of voter ballots from the Registrar’s office to the Santa Ana Post Office where they will be sent out to voters on Saturday, May 2, 2026. Voters should be receiving them by early next week, said a Registrar spokesperson. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Workers at the Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana on Saturday, May 2, 2026, load pallets of ballots onto mail trucks on Saturday, May 2, 2026. Eligible voters should receive them by early next week, said a Registrar spokesperson. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
About 1.9 million ballots at the OC Registrars office in Santa Ana, will be loaded onto mailtrucks on Saturday, May 2, 2026 and be deliverd to eligible voters by early next week, said a Registrar spokesperson. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
About 1.9 million ballots at the OC Registrars office in Santa Ana, will be loaded onto mailtrucks on Saturday, May 2, 2026 and be deliverd to eligible voters by early next week, said a Registrar spokesperson.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Workers at the Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana load pallets of ballots onto mail trucks on Saturday, May 2, 2026. Eligible voters should receive them by early next week, said a Registrar spokesperson. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
USPS employee Taylor Jeffers loads voter ballots onto a 53-foot-long mail truck at the Registrar’s office in Santa Ana on Saturday, May 2, 2026, About eight truckloads, containing a total of 1.9 million ballots, were driven to the Santa Ana Post Office to be sent out and should be in residents’ mailboxes by early next week, said a Registrar spokesperson. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)