Another 140 vote centers opened Saturday in Los Angeles County, adding to the 111 polling places for the Nov. 4 statewide special election on congressional redistricting.
The 251 voting sites will operate 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily for in-person voting, voter registration and dropping off vote-by-mail ballots. Voters received a postcard from the county listing 11-day and four-day vote centers that are closes to their residence.
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan said the in-person polling sites give voters “convenient options to cast their ballot early. Avoid the rush, make a plan to vote early this weekend or Monday at a location that’s convenient for you,” he said in a statement.
A list and map of voting locations are available online at locator.lavote.gov. Optional GPS tracking identifies the closest site at the time of the query.
County residents who missed the voter registration deadline can visit any voting center, fill out a conditional voter registration form and cast a ballot in the statewide special election.
The time-saving Interactive Sample Ballot at vote centers allows voters to view and mark selections using a smartphone or computer, then instantly transfer their votes to the Ballot Marking Device via a QR code.
More information is available at lavote.gov/home/voting-elections/current-elections/find-my-election-information.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democrat-majority State Legislature seek to redraw California’s congressional districts in an attempt to counter Republican efforts to add to the GOP’s House majority.
Voters will decide on State Measure 50, which authorizes temporary changes to congressional district maps in response to Republican-friendly redistricting in Texas and requires temporary use of new congressional district maps through 2030, according to the county voter registrar. An approved measure would direct the independent Citizens Redistricting Commission to resume creating congressional district maps in 2031. State Measure 50 also seeks to enact policy supporting nonpartisan redistricting commissions nationwide.
In August the California Republican Party indicated it would sue to prevent redistricting.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said that if California redraws its districts, Texas will counter by amending its lines again to add even more Republican seats in the nation’s capital.
