Thirty-seven vote centers throughout the county are expected to open for in-person voting starting Saturday at 8 a.m.
All the locations are listed on the Orange County Registrar of Voters website, organized by city and opening dates.
The vote centers that open today will operate from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Click here to find an in-person voting center or a drive-thru voting center near you.
All other vote centers — 146 of them — are scheduled to open for in-person voting on March 2. They are slated to operate from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
On election day — March 5 — all vote centers will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
There are also 25 voting locations that will have a drive-thru option for voters to cast their completed ballot from their car. Voters must complete their vote-by-mail ballot before dropping it off at a drive-thru location.
Thirteen of these drive-thru locations will open on Feb. 24. The rest will open on March 2.
Still unsure about some of the races?
Voice of OC also put together a voter reference guide, detailing some of the county’s biggest races and measures on the primary ballot.
[Read: Orange County Voter Guide: March 2024 Primary Election]
Other Ways to Vote
Vote-by-mail is already underway.
It opened on Feb. 5, but it’s not too late to drop off your ballot in the mail with no postage needed.
Ballots must be postmarked and signed by March 5 to be accepted and counted.
Click here to find a USPS post office or mailbox near you.
All of Orange County’s 1.8 million registered voters should have received a ballot in the mail. Residents can send them through the U.S. Postal Service or drop them off at one of the 122 drop-off locations across the county.
Drop boxes are open 24/7 and close on election day — March 5 at 8 p.m.
Click here to find a drop box location near you.
Residents can also drop off their ballot or request a replacement ballot at any vote center.
[Read: Vote-By-Mail Opens Today for Orange County Voters]
What’s on the Ballot?
A host of congressional races, two OC supervisor races, three county board of education races, a recall, a state proposition and a series of local measures are all on the ballot for the March 5 primary election in Orange County.
Voters will also be able to decide on their party’s presidential nominee.
Click here to read Voice of OC’s voter guide and breakdown of the races, measures and proposition on the ballot.
The county’s deadline to certify election results for the primary is April 2.
Can I Still Register to Vote?
If you missed the online voter registration deadline, you can still complete a Same-Day Voter Registration form and request a primary election ballot in person at their county elections office or a polling location.
Click here to find more information about registering.
Angelina Hicks is a Voice of OC Tracy Wood Reporting Fellow. Contact her at ahicks@voiceofoc.org or on Twitter @angelinahicks13.
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