Last Minute Candidate Forum Featuring State and Local Candidates, Kelly Ernby Inspired

Voting ballots are audited at the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana, Calif., on June 9, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

SANTA ANA, Calif.—As election season draws to a close, candidates for local and state offices discussed Nov. 2 their campaigns and outlined what they said were the most pressing issues facing their respective areas.

Candidates for Santa Ana mayor and city council were in attendance at the two-hour long forum, which was sponsored by BASTA—founded in 2021 to encourage voter participation among minorities, especially Hispanics—as well as those for California Assembly District 68, California Treasurer, Orange County Superior Court and U.S. Representative for District 46.