选务处详解选举日计票流程：晚8时05分发布首批结果，公众可全程观察
加利福尼亚州橙县选民登记处（选务处）向选民说明选举日计票流程：11月3日晚投票结束后，首批选举结果将于晚8时05分发布；选票处理与计票全程向公众开放观察。该县本次通选收到的州政府专项拨款为320万美元。
选务处表示，退回选票在处理中心经过信封分类与扫描、签名核验、开封与扫描计票等环节，各环节均设有观察区域。为容纳更多选票处理工作并扩大公众观察空间，该处今年启用了面积更大的选票处理场地，观察区规模同步扩增，观察员可近距离观看处理流程。
设备可靠性方面，自10月6日起，选务处对其约400套选务系统逐一进行了逻辑与准确性测试，确认计票设备读票准确。选务处提醒，选举夜发布的结果为初步结果，邮寄选票与临时选票将在其后继续清点，最终结果须经正式核验程序确认后公布。
橙县选民如需查询自己的选票状态，可通过选务处官网 ocvote.gov 追踪选票，或亲赴选票处理中心与各投票中心现场观察。选务处表示，开放观察是建立选民信任的既定安排，欢迎各党派观察员与普通居民到场监督。
Registrar of Voters Details Election Night Counting: First Results at 8:05 p.m., Public Observation Throughout
The Orange County Registrar of Voters in California has laid out its election-night counting process for voters: after polls close on November 3, the first election results will be posted at 8:05 p.m., and ballot processing and counting are open to public observation throughout. The county received $3.2 million in state funding dedicated to this general election.
Returned ballots move through envelope sorting and scanning, signature verification, opening and ballot scanning at the processing center, with observation areas at each step. To handle the larger workload and expand public viewing, the Registrar this year moved ballot processing into a larger space with a bigger observation area, where observers can watch the process up close.
On equipment reliability, the Registrar has run logic-and-accuracy tests on each of its roughly 400 election systems since October 6 to confirm the tabulation equipment reads ballots correctly. The office reminds voters that election-night figures are preliminary; mail ballots and provisional ballots continue to be processed afterward, and final results are released only after the official canvass is complete.
Orange County voters can track their ballot through the Registrar's website, ocvote.gov, or observe in person at the ballot processing center and vote centers. The Registrar said open observation is a standing part of its effort to maintain voter confidence, and it welcomes observers from political parties and the general public.
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