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Orange County · Board of Elections
Monday, November 3, 2025

Regular meeting Elections and districts

Agenda document Minutes Watch Meeting recap

What was decided

  1. Approved 5Approval of Board Minutes Approved unanimously

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What's on this agenda

Orange County's Board of Elections meets to process absentee ballots ahead of the November 4, 2025 municipal election and to hear a director's report on early voting turnout. The agenda also covers a precinct visit list and scheduling the board's next meeting.

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Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The board approved five sets of prior minutes and heard that 4,219 ballots had been cast at early voting sites for the municipal election, with 23 civilian, 57 overseas, and 3 military absentee ballots received to date. Members reviewed absentee ballot envelopes individually rather than as a block.

The board approved 23 civilian absentee ballots, 1 military ballot, and 21 overseas ballots, all unanimously, and disapproved one civilian absentee ballot for incomplete witness information. Staff then ran the approved ballots through the DS200 tabulator, ending at a count of 199. The board adjourned and set its next meeting for November 4, 2025 at 5 p.m.

How the votes went

All ballot-approval and adjournment motions passed unanimously; the single ballot disapproval was also unanimous.

From the published minutes.

Who spoke

No members of the public spoke.

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Speaking at this meeting

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Agenda items (3)

Minutes approval · 1Staff or committee report · 1Other · 1
  1. 5 Approval of Board Minutes
    Minutes approval Elections and districts
    The board approved minutes from five prior meetings held between October 7 and October 28, 2025.
    Approved unanimously
  2. 6 Director's Report
    Staff or committee report Elections and districts
    The director reported 4,219 early-voting ballots cast and gave a count of absentee-by-mail ballots received to date for the November 4 municipal election.
  3. 8.a Act on and Process Absentee By-Mail Ballots Received to Date
    Other Elections and districts
    The board reviewed absentee ballot envelopes individually and voted on each: 23 civilian, 21 overseas, and 1 military ballot were approved, and 1 civilian ballot was disapproved for incomplete witness information. Approved ballots were then run through the DS200 tabulator for a count of 199.
    23 civilian, 21 overseas, and 1 military ballot approved; 1 civilian ballot disapproved

Agenda changes

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