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Voting

Vote centers open Oct 24

Every Orange County voter gets a ballot by mail. Return it by mail, at a drop box, or at any vote center in the county. In Newport Beach, the Civic Center opens Sat Oct 24 and the other sites open Sat Oct 31. Drop boxes: Bob Henry Park, 900 Dover Dr. (walk-up); Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave. (drive-up); the city lot at Fifth Ave. and Marguerite Ave., Corona del Mar (drive-up); and the sidewalk at Avon St. and Riverside Ave. (walk-up).

Close-by sites

• Newport Beach Civic Center, Community Room, 100 Civic Center Dr. (opens Oct 24)
• Marina Park Community Center, 1600 W. Balboa Blvd., 2nd floor (opens Oct 31)
• Newport Coast Community Center, 6401 San Joaquin Hills Rd., Newport Coast (opens Oct 31)
• OASIS Senior Center, 801 Narcissus Ave., Corona del Mar (opens Oct 31)
• Coastline College Newport Beach, 1515 Monrovia Ave., Room 320 (opens Oct 31)
• St. Mark Presbyterian Church, 2200 San Joaquin Hills Rd. (opens Oct 31)

The county ballot has City Council races in Districts 1, 3, 4 and 6 and Measure H, a General Plan amendment that would sharply cut the number of homes the city zones for. The city is also running its own separate election on Measures P, Q and R, which deal with council term limits, by-district voting and open-government rules. We don't take sides. The city's election page has the details.