It’s officially Super Tuesday, the day when the largest number of states head to the polls to cast their primary ballots — including California.
That means, if you haven’t already returned the ballot mailed out to all registered voters last month, today’s the day to do so.
There are multiple ways to vote in Orange County: You can return your ballot via the U.S. Postal Service — no postage is required, but it must be postmarked by March 5 — or you can place your ballot in drop boxes scattered around the county. You can also visit one of the nearly 200 vote centers, one-stop shops where you can cast a ballot, register to vote or find other help.
Ballot drop boxes and vote centers will close at 8 p.m. tonight. Real-time anticipated wait times at vote centers can be found on the Orange County Registrar of Voters’ website.
If you’re still in line to vote when polls close, you can still cast a ballot, as the secretary of state’s office notes.
The Orange County Registrar of Voters, at ocvote.gov, will release the first unofficial results of vote-by-mail ballots only at 8:05 p.m. The first unofficial results from in-person voting will come at 9:30 p.m., with additional updates planned every half hour.
Still, don’t expect winners to be determined as early as Tuesday night. Ballot counting can take several days — or even weeks — to complete, meaning close races may take some time before a winner is crowned.
The Register, at ocregister.com, will provide regular, live updates online along with reactions from candidates and experts.
As of Monday, nearly 274,300 vote-by-mail, military and overseas ballots for Orange County voters had been returned out of the 1.88 million issued, according to data from the Registrar.
Statewide, early voter turnout has been a bit abysmal as well. More than 22.31 million vote-by-mail ballots were issued to registered voters across the state, and as of March 3, according to the latest reporting from the…
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