SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County adopted a new ballot drop box technology that instantly tracks voters’ ballot envelopes from the deposit to the tally process, the county Registrar of Voters announced on Feb. 23 When a voter drops off a ballot envelope, a secure barcode scanner placed on the ballot box allows the voter to scan the printed barcode located outside the ballot envelope. Once deposited, the voter receives an SMS text message confirming the status and location of the ballot. “By providing voters with enhanced visibility on the location of their ballot, I believe this will help to continue boosting voter confidence and improve overall election security,” Neal Kelley, registrar of voters, said in a statement. Orange County Registrar of Voters is the first to adopt the pilot program technology, a system used typically in the medical industry to track tissue samples. A spokesperson from the Registrar’s office told The Epoch …