From early in-person voting to voting by mail, here’s the 411 on how to cast a ballot in the Nov. 5 election.
Election Day is now less than two weeks away, but you don’t have to wait until then to vote.
Indeed, as of Wednesday morning, Oct. 23, the L.A. County registrar’s office had received approximately 536,000 vote-by-mail ballots back, according to Mike Sanchez, a spokesperson for the office. There are more than 5.6 million registered voters in L.A. County.
For those who prefer to vote in person, you, too, have early voting options.
You can vote now in person at the county registrar’s office in Norwalk, at 12400 Imperial Highway, Room 3002, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays.
And starting Saturday, Oct. 26, L.A. County residents can cast their ballots in person at one of more than 100 vote centers opening this weekend. Several hundred more vote centers will open the following weekend.
Vote centers will be open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Oct. 26 through Nov. 4. They will open earlier and close later on Nov. 5 – Election Day – with operating hours set for 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The vote centers aren’t just for folks who want to vote in person. People can also drop off their vote-by-mail ballots at voter centers.
In fact, here are the three ways voters can drop off their vote-by-mail ballots:
In a mailbox, postage-free. Don’t forget to sign and date the return envelope. Your ballot will be counted as long as it’s postmarked by Nov. 5.
At one of more than 400 ballot drop box locations across the county.
At a vote center starting Saturday, Oct. 26.
To find a drop box or a vote center location, visit plan.lavote.gov. From there, you can also sign up to track when your ballot is received and counted by clicking on the “Where’s My Ballot?” link.
For those who missed Monday’s deadline for online voter registration to request a ballot in the mail, fear not. You can still cast a ballot in this election – but you’ll have to show up in person to a vote center.
Anyone who would like to check their voter registration status can do so at lavote.gov/vrstatus.
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