Thirty-five percent of Orange County voters participated in the June primary election, according to the state Registrar of Voters, who certified Orange County’s election results June 25. Of those who voted, 88.6 percent did so by mail while 11.4 percent cast a ballot in person at one of the county’s 181 voting centers. This election…

A petition to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom has morphed into a populist juggernaut that’s gaining enough steam to pose a significant political threat to his administration. With more than 1.5 million unverified signatures already gathered—the number of raw signatures needed to initiate a special recall election—the two men who launched the original Recall Gavin…

The California Senate passed a bill on Jan. 28 that would require vote-by-mail ballots to be sent to all voters for this year’s special elections, sparking concern in opponents who fear the proposed law could normalize pandemic-style elections and discourage traditional in-person voting. Existing law required county elections officials to mail a ballot to every…