Mail-in Voting in California: Where Concerns Hold and Where They Don’t | Bob Page

Mail-in Voting in California: Where Concerns Hold and Where They Don’t | Bob Page

From California Insider by The Epoch Times

May 11, 2026 · 34 min

About this episode

Bob Page discusses the complexities of California's mail-in voting system and addresses common concerns about election integrity.

Is California’s mail ballot system as exposed as critics suggest, or is the real story more complicated than what either side suggests? Every election cycle, the same concerns resurface: ballots getting lost, signatures going unchecked, and results taking weeks to finalize. But the operational reality inside a county registrar’s office tells a different story. In this episode, Orange County Registrar of Voters Bob Page, who has been overseeing elections since 2018 and runs one of the largest county operations in the state, breaks down the mechanics of California’s vote-by-mail system, the certification timeline, the upcoming voter ID initiative, and what petition signature fraud looks like from inside the office responsible for catching it. *Views expressed in this video/article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of California Insider.

People in this episode

Guest: Bob Page

Topics covered

  • mail-in voting
  • California elections
  • voter ID initiative
  • signature verification
  • election integrity

Keywords

  • mail ballot system
  • elections
  • California
  • voter ID
  • signature fraud

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Organizations: California Insider, Orange County Registrar of Voters

Places: California

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