Election worker Oscar Garduno moves pallets of ballots from the Orange County Registrar of Voters’ office in Santa Ana on Saturday, October 3, 2026, that will be loaded onto USPS trucks early Saturday morning. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Workers move pallets of ballots — more than 1.9 million — from the Orange County Registrar of Voters’ office in Santa Ana on Saturday, October 3, 2026, into USPS trucks early Saturday morning, ahead of Monday’s mailing. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Workers move pallets of ballots — more than 1.9 million — from the Orange County Registrar of Voters’ office in Santa Ana on Saturday, October 3, 2026, into USPS trucks early Saturday morning, ahead of Monday’s mailing. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Orange County voters: Your ballot for the Nov. 3 general election 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. USPS will begin mailing out ballots to voters on Monday, Oct. 5, Orange County Registrar of Voters Bob Page said during a media briefing Wednesday.
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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 Nov. 3 and received by the county elections office by Nov. 10), 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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