Editors’ Note: It’s official. The Orange County Registrar of Voters finally mailed absentee ballots yesterday. That means the first absentee ballots in Orange County arrive today. Campaigns: were you ready?
This came over the wire from the Registrar of Voters yesterday…
Vote-by-Mail Ballots Mailed
May 9, 2012 – Our trucks are being loaded and vote-by-mail ballots are heading out to voters this afternoon. We are mailing 650,000 total in our permanent vote-by-mail files. In addition, we are mailing ballots to no-party preference voters who have requested a party ballot (17,000 total). We make sure the majority of sample ballots have reached voters so they have access to candidate statements before this crucial mailing.

