Ahead of Election Day next month, Orange County is gaining registered voters.

But the latest data provided by the California secretary of state doesn’t exactly give a sparkling, clear picture of which side may prevail in Orange County in the special election on redistricting : Most of the newly added OC voters over the past seven months are registered as no party preference rather than Democrat or Republican.

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Orange County has added nearly 8,000 registered voters from mid-February to Sept. 5, when the secretary of state’s office last reported voter registration numbers statewide.

More than 4,300 of those newly registered voters are no party preference, whereas 459 are Democrats and 408 are Republi

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