Orange County Registrar of Voters What affects voter turnout?

1. Orange County Registrar of Voters What affects voter turnout? • Issues at stake; political competition and voter choice • Voting barriers • Mobilization • Personal contact • Family and friends; civic tradition • Voter education Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

2. Orange County Registrar of Voters Anaheim election information • 151,671 registered voters as of November 2012 • 91,204 ballots cast (60.13%) • How does this compare? Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

3. Orange County Registrar of Voters Anaheim election information • Santa Ana – (54% turnout) • Newport Beach – (73% turnout)* • Brea – (72% turnout)* • Yorba Linda – (77% turnout) • * = multiple measures on the ballot Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

4. Orange County Registrar of Voters Anaheim election information • Inactive voters reduce voter turnout figures • Currently 329,701 inactive voters • If removed prior to November election turnout would have been 80.39% versus 67.3% Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

5. Orange County Registrar of Voters Anaheim election information • Anaheim turnout would have been 75.8% instead of 60.13% • Currently there are 31,436 inactive Anaheim voters Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

6. Orange County Registrar of Voters Community Engagement • History of Community Engagement • Interaction with community organizations • Community Advisory committees • Speaker’s Bureau • Town hall meetings • Website Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

7. Orange County Registrar of Voters Community Engagement • Current Community Engagement • Community Election Working Group • Department branding • MyBallot High School program • Corporate Sponsorship program • New website redesign • Election Academy • Street team at local events • High volume of community and speaking events Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

8. MyBallot Program Community Engagement Highlight • Official launch in 2008 • Approximately 20 schools • Over 6000 recruitment leads • More than 25,000 ballots cast Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

9. MyBallot Program Community Engagement Highlight • Classroom presentation • Field trip to Registrar of Voters office • Conduct school election Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

10. MyBallot Program List of participating schools • El Modena H.S • Segerstrom H.S • Anaheim H.S • Corona Del Mar H.S • Back Bay H.S. • Fountain Valley H.S. • Costa Mesa H.S. • Pacifica H.S. • Loara H.S • Marina H.S. • Century H.S. • Los Amigos H.S. • Fullerton H.S. • Capistrano Valley H.S. • Rancho Santa Margarita H.S. • Northwood H.S. • Tustin H.S. • Buena Park H.S. Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

11. Spanish & Vietnamese - added in 1998 Chinese & Korean - added in 2003 after 2000 census 2010 census - No change in OC’s assisted languages Voting Rights Act, Section 203 Minority Language Assistance Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

12. Latino Voting Trends • 35,170 Permanent Vote-by-Mail Latino registered voters • 19,722 Voted by mail in General Election 2010 • 41% voted by mail and 59% voted at polling places • (This data reflects voters born in a Spanish speaking country) Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

13. Spanish Language Targeted Precincts • Recruitment is based on the number of voters requesting election materials in Spanish and polling places identified by the Secretary of State in 2002. • About 520 of the total precincts in Orange County are targeted as Spanish bilingual. • The Spanish bilingual poll worker requirement for most major elections is approximately 500. Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

14. Spanish Targeted Area Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

15. Orange County Compliance with Federal Mandate • Implementation of Section 203 is covered within C.F.R. 28, Part 55 - Standards for measuring compliance - Coverage of political units - Affected activities - Provision of minority language materials - Written materials - Oral Assistance and publicity • Orange County is fully complying with the criteria above Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

16. Bilingual Recruitment Numbers Language Required Recruited Chinese 284 280 Korean 313 302 Spanish 518 516 Vietnamese 375 375 Bilingual Poll Worker Numbers 2012 General Election Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

17. Innovative Outreach for Voter Education and Community Partnership - Dedicated bilingual community program specialists - Community event participation with mobile voting unit - Community Election Working Group - Local media outlets - Registrar of Voters special programs and events Proactive Approach to Language Assistance Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

18. Quality Translation of Election Materials - All election materials for voters - Shortened production timeframe - Stringent proofing process - Enhanced website Proactive Approach to Language Assistance Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com