A California special election for redistricting isn’t official yet — but OC’s registrar is already preparing – Orange County Register

With fewer than 90 days to go until what may become Election Day across California, Orange County registrar of voters Bob Page isn’t waiting around for the official call.

He’s setting plans in motion, should Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature move forward with an emergency election on Tuesday, Nov. 4, where voters would be asked to approve new congressional districts for the state.

It’s not easy, Page said, to prepare for something that may or may not happen.

But there’s so much that goes into holding an election — vote centers must be secured, a list of those centers has to be printed for voters to consult, staff need to be hired and trained, among a bevy of other things on the election to-do list — that Page said he cannot afford to wait.

“I have a responsibilit