Today is Election Day in the First District

January 27, 2015 1

Today is Election Day in central Orange County to replace First District Supervisor Janet Nguyen who in December moved on to Sacramento as the 34th District State Senator. The election is likely to be a very low turnout election, around 20 percent of registered voters. Polls will be open, in the district which stretches from Santa Ana westward into Garden Grove, Westminster, Midway City, and Fountain Valley, from 7 am to 8 pm.

And now for some non-partisan helpful Election Day information

November 4, 2014 0

On election day some voters find themselves wondering where to vote and who to vote for. This last minute frustration can lead some of these voters to skip voting rather than search for the answers. We hope that the information below will be helpful in guiding these voters to the polls today.

Supervisors, led by Nguyen, narrowly block Moorlach’s effort to limit voting options

June 25, 2014 0

Yesterday, the Orange County Board of Supervisors took up the proposal by Supervisor John Moorlach to limit the ability of voters in special elections to fill Supervisor vacancies to vote the way they want. Special elections come up notoriously short when it comes to voter turnout. As we wrote yesterday, Moorlach’s proposal would have asked voters to approve a county charter amendment allowing Supervisors to conduct special elections by mail only, eliminating the option to vote in person at a local precinct