Special Election concludes March 9

A special election for an open seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors will be held March 9. Voters will decide who will replace outgoing Michelle Steel on the Orange County Board of Supervisors, 2nd District. Steel resigned to be sworn into Congress.

Candidates are Kevin Muldoon, a small businessman and councilman; John Moorlach, a former state senator who used to represent the 2nd District on the Board of Supervisors; Michael Vo, mayor and business owner; Katrina Foley, mayor and business owner; and Janet Rappaport, tax attorney, according to the Candidate Filing Log at the OC Registrar’s Office.

The registrar has opened 28 official voter drop boxes, including one in Leisure World, ahead of the March 9 election.

Under the official schedule, voters can now cast mail-in ballots at the LW box.

It is located near the Administration Building next to the U.S. mail box in front of the Amphitheater bus hub.

OC Registrar staff will pick up ballots Monday-Friday between Feb. 8-26.

From Saturday, Feb. 27, to Tuesday, March 9, ballots will be picked up daily, including weekends.

On Election Day, March 9, two county employees will be assigned at each ballot drop box starting in the late afternoon to assist with traffic flow and receive dropped-off ballots. They will lock the ballot mail slots at 8 p.m. or after the last voter.