While voting for the 2026 midterm elections is already well underway, Orange County voters will have dozens of additional options to drop off their ballots or vote in person starting today.
The Orange County Registrar of Voters is opening 152 additional vote centers today, Oct. 31, in addition to the 39 vote centers that have been open since Oct. 24.
All 191 vote centers will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. On Tuesday, Election Day, all vote centers will open at 7 a.m. and remain open until 8 p.m.
Voters can vote in person, drop off
Voters can vote in person, drop off their completed mail-in ballot, request a replacement ballot and receive voting assistance at all locations, said the registrar’s office.
Find the nearest vote center at the county registrar’s website, ocvote.gov/elections/vote-center-locations.
Additionally, a “pop-up vote center” event will be held Saturday at CREER Comunidad y Familia, 31322 Camino Capistrano, in San Juan Capistrano.
Another one-day event will be held Monday
Another one-day event will be held Monday at AltaMed Medical Group in Santa Ana, 2720 S. Bristol St., Ste. 110.
Both pop-up events will operate from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the registrar’s office said. The office’s mobile voting unit will be on-site and offer the same services as the vote centers, the office said.
Additionally, more than 128 ballot drop boxes located across the county are available to voters. Find the nearest drop box at the registrar’s website, ocvote.gov/elections/ballot-drop-box-locations.
Nearly 2 million registered voters in Orange County
Nearly 2 million registered voters in Orange County were sent ballots earlier this month. Nearly 451,000 ballots have already been returned as of Friday afternoon.
The registrar’s office will first post early voting results at 8:05 p.m. on Nov. 3 on its website, ocvote.gov. The next set of results will then be posted at 9:30 p.m., with more results coming every 30 minutes until every vote center ballot is counted.
