2013.02.21_Presentation_ROV2013AnaheimElectionsCommitteeOrange County Registrar of Voters
What affects voter turnout?
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Issues at stake; political competition
and voter choice
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Voting barriers
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Mobilization
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Personal contact
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Family and friends; civic tradition
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Voter education
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
Orange County Registrar of Voters
Anaheim election information
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151,671 registered voters as of
November 2012
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91,204 ballots cast (60.13%)
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How does this compare?
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
Orange County Registrar of Voters
Anaheim election information
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Santa Ana –(54% turnout)
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Newport Beach –(73% turnout)*
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Brea –(72% turnout)*
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Yorba Linda –(77% turnout)
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* = multiple measures on the ballot
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
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Orange County Registrar of Voters
Anaheim election information
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Inactive voters reduce voter turnout
figures
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Currently 329,701 inactive voters
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If removed prior to November election
turnout would have been 80.39%
versus 67.3%
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
Orange County Registrar of Voters
Anaheim election information
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Anaheim turnout would have been
75.8% instead of 60.13%
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Currently there are 31,436 inactive
Anaheim voters
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
Orange County Registrar of Voters
Community Engagement
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History of Community Engagement
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Interaction with community organizations
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Community Advisory committees
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Speaker’s Bureau
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Town hall meetings
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Website
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
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Orange County Registrar of Voters
Community Engagement
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Current Community Engagement
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Community Election Working Group
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Department branding
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MyBallot High School program
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Corporate Sponsorship program
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New website redesign
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Election Academy
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Street team at local events
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High volume of community and speaking events
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
MyBallot Program
Community Engagement Highlight
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Official launch in 2008
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Approximately 20 schools
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Over 6000 recruitment leads
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More than 25,000 ballots cast
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
MyBallot Program
Community Engagement Highlight
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Classroom presentation
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Field trip to Registrar of Voters
office
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Conduct school election
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
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MyBallot Program
List of participating schools
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Century H.S.
El Modena H.S
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Los Amigos H.S.
Segerstrom H.S
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Fullerton H.S.
Anaheim H.S
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Capistrano Valley H.S.
Corona Del Mar H.S
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Rancho Santa
Back Bay H.S.
-Margarita H.S.
Fountain Valley H.S.
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Northwood H.S.
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Costa Mesa H.S.
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Tustin H.S.
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Pacifica H.S.
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Buena Park H.S.
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Loara H.S
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Marina H.S.
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
Voting Rights Act, Section 203
Minority Language Assistance
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Spanish & Vietnamese
-added in 1998
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Chinese & Korean
-added in 2003 after 2000 census
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2010 census
-No change in OC’s assisted languages
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
Latino Voting Trends
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35,170 Permanent Vote-by-Mail Latino
registered voters
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19,722 Voted by mail in General Election
2010
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41% voted by mail and 59% voted at
polling places
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(This data reflects voters born in a Spanish speaking
country)
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
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Spanish Language Targeted
Precincts
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Recruitment is based on the number of voters
requesting election materials in Spanish and
polling places identified by the Secretary of
State in 2002.
About 520 of the total precincts in Orange
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County are targeted as Spanish bilingual.
The Spanish bilingual poll worker requirement
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for most major elections is approximately 500.
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
Spanish Targeted Area
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
Orange County Compliance with
Federal Mandate
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Implementation of Section 203 is covered within C.F.R. 28, Part 55
-Standards for measuring compliance
-Coverage of political units
-Affected activities
-Provision of minority language materials
-Written materials
-Oral Assistance and publicity
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Orange County is fully complying with the criteria above
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
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Bilingual Poll Worker Numbers
2012 General Election
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Bilingual Recruitment Numbers
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LanguageRequiredRecruited
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Chinese284280
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Korean313302
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Spanish518516
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Vietnamese375375
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
Proactive Approach to
Language Assistance
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Innovative Outreach
for Voter Education and Community Partnership
-Dedicated bilingual community program specialists
-Community event participation with mobile voting unit
-Community Election Working Group
-Local media outlets
-Registrar of Voters special programs and events
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
Proactive Approach to
Language Assistance
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Quality Translation of Election Materials
-All election materials for voters
-Shortened production timeframe
-Stringent proofing process
-Enhanced website
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com
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