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Board rejects motion to turn unredacted voter records over to DOJ after hours-long debate
Summary
The Orange County Board of Supervisors declined a motion to direct the Registrar of Voters to provide unredacted records for 17 registrants to the U.S. Department of Justice. Supervisors and county counsel sparred over state confidentiality law, federal authority and potential protective orders.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 26 voted down a motion to direct the Registrar of Voters to hand unredacted registration records for 17 individuals to the U.S. Department of Justice, after prolonged public comment and two hours of debate.
The motion, moved by Supervisor Wagner and seconded by Supervisor Wynne, sought to produce the files in full to DOJ as part of ongoing litigation that the Board heard is “at issue.” County Counsel explained the case is narrow — the DOJ has asked for registration records for 17 named individuals — and that the Registrar had already provided redacted files but refused to produce unique identifiers and signatures that state law treats as confidential. Registrar Bob Page told the Board his office…
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