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Orange County · Board of Elections
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Regular meeting Elections and districtsBudget and appropriationsContracts and procurement

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What was decided

  1. Approved 2Election Simulation with ES&S Electionware 5.2.4.0 Resolution adopted
  2. Approved 4Approval of Board Minutes: April 15, 2025 Approved unanimously

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What's on this agenda

The Orange County Board of Elections ran a simulated election on 20 May 2025 to test ES&S Electionware 5.2.4.0, the software that would replace the county's election management system, and then voted on whether to ask the State Board of Elections to approve it. The director also reported on voter registration, the year-to-date budget and what the county manager's recommended 2026 budget does to the elections office.

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Meeting recap

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

Staff and bipartisan precinct officials ran the simulation under the state's standards, and the board voted to adopt a resolution asking the State Board of Elections to approve Electionware 5.2.4.0. If the state approves it, the director will go to the commissioners for the money. Nobody wished to address the board.

Registration stood at 109,762, up 656 since 15 April. The county manager's recommended budget turns down a requested election coordinator post and cuts postage by $2,500, contract services by $25,000, the board allowance by $5,000 and travel by $1,276 as part of a county-wide 10 percent cut to travel and training. The director said the cuts are tied to a possible 12 May second primary and would be revisited if one is required, and that she would appear before the commissioners on 24 June.

How the votes went

Three votes, all carried: the Electionware resolution, the April minutes, and adjournment.

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 (7)

Procedural · 4Resolution · 1Minutes approval · 1Staff or committee report · 1
  1. 1 Call to Order
    Procedural
  2. 2 Election Simulation with ES&S Electionware 5.2.4.0
    Resolution Contracts and procurementElections and districts
    A simulated election run by staff and bipartisan precinct officials under the state's standards, followed by a resolution asking the State Board of Elections to approve the software. County funding would be sought after state approval.
    Resolution adopted
  3. 3 Recognition of Members of the Public Wishing to Address the Board
    Procedural
    No speakers
  4. 4 Approval of Board Minutes: April 15, 2025
    Minutes approval
    Approved unanimously
  5. 5 Director's Report
    Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsElections and districts
    Registration reached 109,762, up 656 since 15 April. The county manager's recommended budget declines an election coordinator post and cuts postage, contract services, board allowance and travel.
  6. 7 Board Business Items
    Procedural
    Next meeting set for 22 July at 5 p.m.
  7. 8 Adjournment
    Procedural

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