Voting In Orange County A Success, Registrar Of Voters Says

ORANGE COUNTY, CA — Long lines in some cases, but mostly smooth sailing were the order of Super Tuesday, according to Orange County Registrar of Voters, Neal Kelley. Vote Centers and ballot drop boxes across the county appear to have done the job, in what was a sharp contrast to the glitches that led to hours-long lines at some vote centers in Los Angeles County.

"I'm really proud of where we ended up with a launch of a whole new way of voting and, overall, it's worked really well," Kelley said.

The longest Orange County lines popped up at Cal State Fullerton and UC Irvine, where "all of the students showed up in droves," Kelley said.

A couple of power outages at UCI delayed voting there Tuesday night, Kelley said. But university officials helped restore power before Kelley had to use back-up power generators.

"We were able to process every single voter up till 10:15 p.m.," Kelley said.

With many precincts fully reported in by midday, Wednesday, roughly 150,000 votes remain to be counted. Those totals are expected by Friday, Kelley's office has reported.

There were no issues with the voting devices either, Kelley said. Turnout was projected to ultimately be in the high 40s, up from 42 percent in 2018 and matching 49 percent in 2016. In 2012, turnout was 26 percent.