Orange County opens 39 vote centers for Nov. 3 election

Orange County opened 39 vote centers Saturday for in-person voting in the Nov. 3 general election, according to NBC Los Angeles. Another 152 locations are scheduled to open the following weekend.

Voters can choose among in-person voting, mailed ballot returns and official drop boxes, with five pop-up voting events also scheduled across the county. Orange County Registrar Bob Page said voting early can reduce lines and help get ballots processed for election-night results.

NBC Los Angeles listed vote center hours as 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Nov. 2. On Election Day, Nov. 3, the hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Ballots may be returned by mail, at any vote center or through the county’s 128 official ballot drop boxes, according to the report. Page said equipment was being checked for accuracy and transported securely to guard against tampering.

The first pop-up event is scheduled for Sunday at Leisure World, 1661 Golden Rain Road in Seal Beach. It will be in the Clubhouse 6 parking lot and is open only to residents and guests, NBC Los Angeles reported.

Tuesday’s pop-up event will be in the south parking lot of Braille Institute Anaheim Center, at 527 N. Dale Ave. in Anaheim. Another is scheduled for Thursday at South Coast Chinese Cultural Center, 9 Truman St. in Irvine.

On Saturday, Oct. 31, a pop-up event is scheduled at CREER Comunidad y Familia, 31322 Camino Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, according to the report.

The Nov. 2 event will be at AltaMed Medical Group, Bristol, at 2720 S. Bristol St., Ste. 110, in Santa Ana.

Page encouraged voters to return ballots early, saying that gives election officials time to process them for election-night results, according to NBC Los Angeles.