SANTA ANA, Calif.—There’s at least one thing the heads of the Democratic and Republican parties in Orange County can agree on about Nov. 8’s election—they’re hoping the rain doesn’t depress turnout.
“We’re hoping the rain storm doesn’t depress the voter storm,” Orange County Republican Party Chairman Fred Whitaker said.
Orange County Democratic Party Chair Ada Briceno was out in the rain personally knocking on doors when reached by phone Nov. 7.
“I believe it will have an impact,” Briceno said of the expected storm Tuesday. “But we’ve got to push them to vote.”
Voting ballots are audited at the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana, Calif., on June 9, 2022. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
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