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Today, Sunday 1/18, 2-4pm
Jamboree & Irvine Blvd
Irvine Marketplace

OUT of OC

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Learn about the new California laws taking effect today (Jan. 1, 2026) that change voting and election administration in the report posted on the County of Orange Registrar of Voters' website at ocvote.gov/election-library.

These new laws include:

Assembly Bill (AB) 5 requires elections officials within 13 days of Election Day to count all ballots with the exception of provisional ballots, challenged ballots, ballots requiring duplication to be read, and eligible ballots received more than four days after Election Day.

AB 16 authorizes elections officials to start processing Vote-By-Mail ballots more than 29 days before Election Day.

AB 287 requires a public agency providing a facility for a polling place or Vote Center to also provide sufficient parking for voters.

AB 827 establishes a universal deadline during regular statewide elections for voters to cure a ballot challenged for a missing or mismatched signature of 5 p.m. on the 22nd day after Election Day.

AB 1072 requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with county elections officials, to develop uniform standards and guidelines for a voter to correct ballot mistakes before the voter casts the ballot.

AB 1392 makes qualified candidates for elected offices confidential voters, unless they opt out. Current elected officials must request confidential voter status.

Senate Bill (SB) 3 requires a Vote-By-Mail return envelope to contain a statement that the elections official is required to compare the voter’s signature with the signatures appearing in the voter’s registration record, which may include the signature appearing on the voter’s driver’s license or state identification card.

SB 851, an urgency bill that took effect on Oct. 1, 2025, required:

- An elections official to certify the results and a governing body to declare the winners as a ministerial and nondiscretionary action

- An elections official served with a federal court action relating to elections to provide written notice to the Secretary of State and the Attorney General within three days

- An elections official, at least 14 days before entering into a settlement, consent decree, or other court-approved agreement with respect to such a federal claim, to provide notice of the settlement, consent decree, or other court-approved agreement to the Secretary of State and the Attorney General

SB 851 also added an agent of a federal law enforcement agency to the definition of a law enforcement officer who is prohibited from possessing a firearm or being stationed in the immediate vicinity of, or posted at, a polling place, Vote Center or a county elections office without a federal court order.

This is why a Rally at City of Irvine City Hall is important, the Irvine Police Department provided this as their Holiday Special Message.
The Rally, Sunday’s 2-4pm