Orange County’s Supervisor of Elections tests voting equipment ahead of primary election

Orange County’s Supervisor of Elections is testing its voting equipment ahead of next month’s primary election.

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Early voting for the primary starts Aug. 10, followed by Election Day on Aug. 20.

Although the accuracy testing was the main goal, the board also inquired about election transparency.

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The plan was to start the accuracy and logic testing. But before then, a roadblock.

After much debate, the board voted to not have a court reporter in the meetings.

Then, the tests started.

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19 machines were selected at random, which represents 5% of the total number in county. 12 or them were Election Day machines, 7 others were for early voting.

As many as 380 machines will be used to process the 125 unique ballot styles going out this election cycle in Orange County.

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810,000 people have registered to vote in Orange County so far, and that number is expected to go up as we get closer to Election Day.

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