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Orange County board approves ROV contract items after hours of public pleas to delay voting-machine purchases
Summary
After extensive public comment urging a delay and a return to hand counting, the Orange County Board of Supervisors approved items 62—67, covering Registrar of Voters contracts and related services, in a single unanimous vote; county staff said in-person signatures are captured but not verified and that some uses of the storage contract are short-term transport, while residents raised security and budget concerns.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve items 62 through 67, a package of Registrar of Voters (ROV) purchases and contracts, after more than an hour of public comment pressing the board to delay or reject the measures.
Hundreds of speakers were not present but 14 people signed up to speak on item 62; most asked the board to halt the county's planned contracts with Hart/Encore and other vendors and to return to precinct-based, paper-only, one-day voting. "Please vote no on item 62 and the rest of the ROV items," Carolyn of Santa Ana told supervisors. Multiple commenters alleged machines are "hackable," raised concerns about wireless modems and unsupported software, and questioned whether promised savings had…
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