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2024 PRIMARY ELECTION

Where does Orange County GOP State Committeewoman Debbie Galvin live? 

Not at the Windermere address she listed on her candidate qualifying documents.

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2024 PRIMARY ELECTION

Debbie Galvin faces lawsuit for lying on candidate oath

Lawsuit seeks to disqualify GOP State Committeewoman as “not eligible for the office.”

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2024 GENERAL ELECTION

Candidate booted from Supervisor of Elections race sues to remove candidate who had her removed 

Knocked off the ballot for improperly paying her qualifying fee, Cynthia Harris filed her own lawsuit to have Dan Helm disqualified for not using his full legal name on campaign documents.

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2024 GENERAL ELECTION

District 1 Orange County Commission race heads to Nov. 5 runoff

“The votes for the qualified write-in were enough to keep each candidate just under 50 percent,” says Supervisor of Elections spox.

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TOO CLOSE TO CALL

District 1 Orange County Commission race heads to automatic recount 

Wilson has 5-vote lead over Arthur. 

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ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSION

Austin Arthur tied to Life’s Choices Women’s Clinic

County commission candidate touted board membership to Eight Waves, Habitat for Humanity and others but kept connection to fake abortion clinic board quiet.

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LAW & POLITICS

Allegedly forged bank account document at center of Supervisor of Elections case 

Trial days before primary could scramble election.

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SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION

District 4 candidate Goudy claims motivation from Christian nationalist author 

Cites Letter to the American Church as reason "I'm actually running for school board."

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Pride and Pulse Remembrance Proclamation

Oakland issues second Pride Month Proclamation

Orange County School Board issues Pride and Pulse Remembrance Proclamation.

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SPECIAL REPORT

Local pregnancy centers use false, outdated, misleading info to deter access to abortion, contraception

VoxPopuli examined websites for nine Orange County, Lake County pregnancy centers likely to draw people seeking abortion. Here's what we found.

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