Monday, October 28

Los Angeles voters have more places to vote

Some 122 voting centers are available for Los Angeles County voterswhere they have the opportunity to cast their vote in advance for the November 5 elections.

Early voting had already begun in Los Angeles with the delivery of millions of ballots to voterswith the ease of returning your votes by mail.

In this way, voters who prefer to deliver their ballots in person, You can go to the voting center closest to your residence..

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All 122 voting centers remain open every day of the week from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm.

Los Angeles County residents You can locate the nearest voting center by entering this link.

It is important to mention that voters They are not required to go to the voting center closest to their residencebut they can go to anyone, in addition to returning their ballot by mail or depositing it in a voting box.

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On Saturday, November 2, all 648 voting centers will open in Los Angeles County, which also offer their service from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

For election day, Tuesday, November 5, all voting centers They will remain open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.

“The voting ballot in this election is extensive and includes races and candidates from the local and neighborhood levels, through state offices, propositions and federal representatives,” said the Los Angeles County Recorder’s Office.

“Voters are encouraged to Check your ballots carefully and vote early“added the Office.

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Residents who have missed the election registration deadline, but still wish to participate in the vote, may go to a voting center and complete a conditional voter registration form to cast your vote.

Voting will take place until it is confirmed that the applicant meets all the requirements to be able to participate and have your vote counted.

Millions of ballots are sent by mail

Nearly 3.7 million ballots were mailed to eligible residents who can vote early in California.

According to political experts, in Democratic California There are some areas where you have very competitive elections.so voter participation will be an important factor.

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“In key congressional elections, many of which are taking place in the greater Los Angeles area, they may end up affecting Which party will control the House of Representatives next year?“said Dan Schnur of USC Annenberg.

“Those first participation numbers could be very, very important. We still don’t know who they favor“Shnur added.

Early voting is underway throughout Southern California, and Los Angeles County is the one that has received largest number of ballots so far, with some 679,000.

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“That’s a little bit lower than what we saw four years ago, but, of course, Four years ago we were in the middle of the pandemicso it was a different environment, so it’s a little difficult to know how to interpret it. “I think this will be an election with a high turnout,” said Los Angeles County Recorder Dean Logan.

According to Schnur, the propositions that are included on this occasion on the ballot can attract a larger number of voters.

The political specialist said that it has been discovered that electoral initiatives They are an incentive for less frequent voters to decide to go to the polls in the election of candidates.

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