Orange County voters living in the second district of the Orange County Board of Supervisors are electing a new representative.
The winner of the March 9 special election will complete the term of Michelle Steele which ends in 2022. Steele was elected to Congress in November 2020.
The Second Supervisorial district covers Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Seal Beach, and Stanton.
The candidates for the race include former District 2 supervisor John Moorlach, Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley, Fountain Valley Mayor Michael Vo, Newport Beach City Councilman Kevin Muldoon, and international tax attorney Janet Rappaport.
If you’re a registered voter in the district, you should have received a vote-by-mail ballot by now. You can return your completed ballot in the mail (it must be postmarked by March 9) or drop if off at a vote center or a ballot drop box within the second district.
In-person voting is also happening now through March 9 at vote centers including locations at the Seal Beach Senior Center on Electric Avenue and at the Cypress Community Center on Orange Avenue.
Ballots can be cast at these locations daily through March 5 from 8am until 5pm. Hours will expand from March 6 through 8 to 8am until 8pm and on Election Day, March 9, polls will be open 7am until 8pm.
In addition, from March 6 through 9, another vote center will be available at Rush Park in Los Alamitos. The site will be open 8am to 8pm from March 6 through 8 and then 7am until 8pm on March 9.
You can also drop your completed ballot off at any time through March 9 at one of the many drop boxes available throughout the district. That includes one outside Mary Wilson Library in Seal Beach, another at La Palma City Hall, and one at Los Alamitos Community Center.
To see a complete list of vote center locations and ballot drop boxes throughout the district, visit The Orange County Registrar of Voters at ocvote.com.
