Vote-By-Mail

Voting-by-mail is convenient. When you vote-by-mail you get nearly an entire month to vote.  That means that you can vote for the comfort of your own home and do not have to worry about having to stand in long lines at the polls after work or getting a flat tire.  You can just fill you ballot out at your convenience and just drop it in the mail.  Protect your right to vote. Vote at your convenience without the worry of last minute business trips, family emergencies, illness, long lines at the polls, or traffic jams.

Your vote counts first!  Ballots received before the elections are the first to be counted and along with early voting, constitute the early returns on Election Day.

Becoming a permanent Vote By Mail voter gives you 4 voting options:

• Vote from the convenience of your home and mail in your ballot


• Drop-off your completed ballot on Election Day at any polling place in Orange County


• Drop-off your completed ballot on or before Election Day at the Registrar of Voters office


• Turn in your blank ballot at your polling place and vote on site.

If you would like to become a permanent vote-by-mail voter, click here to download the correct form.  For more information, or for forms in different languages please click here or visit the Orange County Registrar of Voter’s website.

Please print and mail this completed form to:
Registrar of Voters
P.O. Box 11298
Santa Ana, CA 92711

You can also fax the form to:
Fax: (714) 567-7556

You may also write a letter to the Registrar including the election name, date of election, your name, address, signature, and the address where the absentee ballot should be mailed, if that address is different than your home address.

If you sign up as a permanent absentee voter, you do not have to reapply for an absentee ballot every election. You will receive your absentee ballot, approximately 29 days prior to every election.

Other things you should know:

• You must be registered at an address located within the district of the election at least 15 days prior to the election.
• If you sign up for an absentee ballot for the current election only, a new absentee ballot request must be submitted for each election and received by the Registrar’s Office no later than 7 days prior to the election.
• Absentee Ballots are available as early as 29 days prior to the election.
• Your Absentee Ballot must be received at the Registrar’s Office or at any polling place in Orange County before the close of the polls at 8:00 p.m. on Election Day.
• You may choose to return it personally to the Registrar of Voters Office or on Election Day to any Orange County polling place. If you cannot return the ballot personally, you can only designate certain relatives to deliver your absentee ballot for you. These relatives are: spouse, brother or sister, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild or a person residing in the same household as the voter.