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Federal Prosecutors Subpoenaed OC Registrar for 20 Voters' Records, Including Citizenship Claims, for a Homeland Security Criminal Probe
LATEST Oct 16 // Orange County Register details the subpoenas; Registrar Bob Page says his office complied.
- Oct 1Santa Ana Measure N: November Vote to Make the 1.5% Measure X Sales Tax Permanent
OC Register voter explainer: no argument against Measure N was submitted; the yes argument is signed by Councilmember Thai Viet Phan, Michael Chu, Paul McClaskey and Adriana Alba. LAist's guide says the city expects to lose about $30 million a year when the rate steps down.
ACTIVESEV 2ELECTIONSSANTA ANANEXT Nov 3 · Election Day, Measure N decided - Oct 3Orange County's Nov. 3, 2026 Ballot: 13 City Measures, Two School Bonds and Nearly 2 Million Ballots in the Mail
Oct. 3: USPS picks up more than 1.9 million ballots in 549 styles for mailing beginning Oct. 5.
ACTIVESEV 1ELECTIONSCOUNTYWIDECOSTA MESA+4 moreNEXT Nov 3 · Election Day, polls close 8 p.m. - Sep 29Brian Burley Appears Twice on Huntington Beach Ballots, for City Council and Congress, as Every Agency Declines to Rule on Incompatible Offices
Sept. 29: The Register reports that the Registrar, Secretary of State, FPPC, Attorney General and city attorney have all declined to rule on whether he could hold both offices.
DEVELOPINGSEV 1ELECTIONSHUNTINGTON BEACHNEXT Nov 3 · Election Day, Burley on both ballots