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Wes Hodge

Supervisor of Elections
Democrat

Early Voting Appointment System

  • Long lines at early voting centers
    • form of voter suppression (most voters don't have long periods of time to wait to vote)
    • implement appointment-based voting
      • voters will select time and location of their choice for early voting
    • traditional standby early voting will remain available â€‹

Ensuring Equal Access to the Polls

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  • Disability Advisory Board will audit all Precinct and Early Voting locations to ensure they meet ADA guidelines and are along accessible bus routes
  • Each site should accommodate voters with Visual, Auditory, Mobility concerns and sensory needs

Expanding Language Access

  • Provide ballots, voter guides, and information in additional languages will be distributed by the election offic​
    • top 5 languages in Orange County: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, and Haitian Creole​

Helping Returning Citizens

  • Committed to making the process for any returning citizen to request an advisory opinion for their specific case, accessible to everyone

Increasing Community Visibility

  • Supervisor of Elections should engage with the community outside of election season
  • Fully staff four outreach positions already funded
  • More engagement on college campuses with voter registration and education drives
  • Partner with clerk of courts and tax collector to establish satellite offices in their branch locations

Maintaining Voter Rolls

  • Utilize print, radio and TV partners to inform community when voter rolls are updated or purged to ensure information on file is accurate

Demystifying the Voting Process

  • Implement Citizens Training Academy
    • share ballot processing from the time the vote is cast until final results are reported to the Secretary of State​
  • Broadcast canvassing meetings on OrangeTV for voters to witness the vote count
  • Continue live-streaming ballot processing

Building Good Civic Habits

  • Partner with Orange County Public Schools
    • build future engaged citizens
    • Elections office will conduct elections for student council and Sunshine State young Readers
    • 16 and 17-year-olds will have the opportunity to pre-register to vote

End Use of Schools as Polling Locations

  • Using schools as polling locations undermines efforts to protect children while at school

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