They fed thick stacks of orange demonstration ballots, which like the real pink ballots are studded with 312 chads, through loudly clacking card reading machines counting 1,000 ballots a minute.
At picnic tables nearby, seasonal county workers stacked and sorted forms to be counted, while others studied signatures on hundreds of orange provisional ballots.
As if there weren't enough orange hair on the ballot already, Chester Cheetah is running for mayor of Chester, Montana.
Scribbled across the ballot in thick orange marker was a searing Russian expletive in reference to the male anatomy, suggesting Mr. Putin should leave power.
I will forever be at odds with anyone who casts their ballot for this orange apocalypse next month.
Last month, Orange's Board of County Commissioners voted to put off a ballot vote on a hotly contested measure that would require employers to provide workers with one hour of sick leave for every 37 hours worked, capped at 56 per year.
ORANGE — Newport-Mesa Federation of Teachers President Kimberly Claytor joined Orange County clergy and organized labor leaders Wednesday to advocate for Proposition 30, which would raise taxes on high-income earners to pay for schools, and other initiatives on the Nov. 6 election ballot.
Another player referred to a ballot proposition to legalize marijuana as spectators with orange wigs and provocative signs cheered, snapped photos and blew kisses at their heroes.
Of the 348 ballots cast against Mr. Trimble -- 43 percent of those voting -- 120 came from the Orange Order, whose block membership he now plans to eliminate.
John Ortega, a newly elected trustee in the Orange Unified School District who tried but failed to pull his name off the ballot, said Friday he will accept the job.
