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Residents urge Orange County Board to reconsider Voter’s Choice Act, study San Bernardino hybrid election model
Summary
More than a dozen residents urged the Board of Supervisors to direct the Registrar of Voters to study alternative election models—pointing to San Bernardino County’s hybrid system—and urged against renewing the Voter’s Choice Act, citing alleged higher costs and reduced neighborhood voting locations.
Dozens of residents used the Orange County Board of Supervisors’ public comment period to urge the Board to reconsider the county’s participation in the Voter’s Choice Act (VCA) and to direct the Registrar of Voters to analyze alternative models, including a hybrid approach used in San Bernardino County.
Multiple speakers argued the VCA has increased local election costs and reduced neighborhood voting locations. Carolyn of Santa Ana called the policy “an abject failure,” saying the program eliminated many neighborhood polling places and alleging problems with drop-box monitoring and chain of custody.…
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