Get Ready for Monrovia’s Voting Centers

Starting in 2020, polling places will be a thing of the past in Monrovia. – Courtesy photo / Tim Evanson (CC BY-SA 2.0)

During the past few months, Monrovia’s Certified Municipal City Clerk Alice Atkins, has been working to keep tabs on a significant change to the way that the city coordinates elections. Given the magnitude of the change, the city has shared that beginning in 2020 Los Angeles County will be implementing Vote Centers to replace traditional polling places. Rather than coordinate elections in such a way where everyone votes at a polling center on Election Day, Vote Centers will allow individuals the ability to submit their ballot at any Vote Center LA County. In addition, Vote Centers will be opening up to 11 days in advance of the last day to vote.

Beginning in 2020, Monrovia will likely have around two Vote Centers, as opposed to the five election polling places the city typically coordinates during elections. In addition, LA County has been working to simultaneously implement new voting equipment, which will include a combination of electronic voting mechanisms and a paper ballot. This new voting technology includes the option to download a sample ballot to a smartphone, vote, and create a QR code that can be scanned at the Vote Center to speed up the voting process. View a video highlighting these changes in the video “Voting Solutions for All People (VSAP): 2020 Vote Centers” which can be found on the LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk YouTube channel.

During the next year, the city will continue to share information with the public about the Vote Center transition as LA County makes more information available.

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