How do I register to vote? <\/p>\n
The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 3 general election was Oct. 19. But don’t panic. Even if you missed that deadline, you still have options.<\/p>\n
Get the details<\/a><\/p>\n How do I vote in person? <\/p>\n L.A. County in-person voting<\/a> is now underway at the Registrar\u2019s office in Norwalk, located at 12400 Imperial Highway.<\/p>\n Additional select Vote Centers opened Saturday, Oct. 24, with all in-person polling locations open by Saturday, Oct. 31.<\/p>\n You can find information about your polling place through this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n Orange County in-person voting also began at select locations Saturday, Oct. 24, with all Vote Centers<\/a> open the following week on Saturday, Oct. 31. These polling locations will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Monday, Nov. 2.<\/p>\n Orange County is also hosting pop-up voting locations<\/a> beginning on Sunday, Oct. 25. A complete schedule of these locations is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Remember: The last day to submit a ballot or vote in person is Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3. Vote Centers will be open on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n Get more details<\/a><\/p>\n Why isn’t the L.A. City Council or L.A. mayor’s race on my ballot?<\/p>\n First and foremost: Voters only vote on L.A. City Council seats or the L.A. mayor’s race if they live in the city of L.A. Chances are high that if it’s not on your ballot, you don’t live within the admittedly confusing city boundaries.<\/p>\n Get more details and learn how to check your address<\/a><\/p>\n What should I do with an extra ballot?<\/p>\n In L.A. County: “If residents receive ballots that are not addressed to them, they are urged to immediately contact our office at (800) 815-2666 or voterinfo@rrcc.lacounty.gov,” a spokesperson told LAist in an email.<\/p>\n Bob Page, Orange County’s registrar of voters, gave this advice: “The best action to take is to write ‘Not at this address’ on the ballot envelope and to give it back to your postal carrier or place it in a mailbox.”<\/p>\n He added: “We also kindly request that you notify our office if you receive someone else’s ballot, which you can do on our website using our Third Party Voter Registration Notification<\/a> form.”<\/p>\n Get more details<\/a><\/p>\n What are school bonds? Why are we always being asked to vote on them?<\/p>\n Researchers estimate that nearly a third of California schools are at least 50 years old \u2014 and many districts report that age is starting to show.<\/p>\n Yet, there\u2019s no dedicated stream of funding to support the upkeep of the state\u2019s 10,000 public K-12 schools attended by 5.7 million students, which is why we’re seeing so many school bond measures on our local ballots.<\/p>\n We break down the details and go through some of the specific bonds<\/a><\/p>\n Why are out-of-state billionaires funding a California voter ID measure?<\/p>\n Want to know who\u2019s who in Republican politics? Look no further than the megadonors bankrolling California\u2019s voter ID initiative, Proposition 39. The involvement of deep-pocketed Republican donors is a signal that conservatives view Prop. 39<\/a> as a test of support for future battleground states in the broader push by President Donald Trump to tighten voter restrictions.<\/p>\n Get the details <\/a><\/p>\n My top issue is the cost of childcare. What can California’s politicians do about it?<\/p>\n A recent poll found that nationwide, 3 in 4 voters saw the cost of childcare for families with young children as a \u201ccrisis\u201d or \u201cmajor problem,\u201d and more than 8 in 10 voters see it as part of the affordability crisis. So we asked local and statewide candidates: What does \u201caffordable childcare\u201d mean? And how will they make it happen?<\/p>\n Get the details<\/a><\/p>\n Why are there holes in my mail-in ballot envelope?<\/p>\n Don\u2019t worry. They\u2019re not for seeing your votes inside. It turns out the envelope holes have two functions. First, the holes next to the signature line are supposed to help visually impaired people find the signature line so that they can sign their ballot in private before submitting it.<\/p>\n Second, when election workers start processing ballots to be counted, the holes help them confirm that the envelopes don\u2019t still have ballots left inside.<\/p>\n Get the details<\/a><\/p>\n Is your ballot signature readable? Here’s how SoCal officials verify it when you vote<\/p>\n Every ballot mailed in elections requires a voter\u2019s signature. Election officials compare each ballot signature to the one on file in a voter’s registration records. To avoid a hold up on your vote counting, election officials recommend voters review the signature on their driver\u2019s license or state ID ahead of signing their ballot. <\/p>\n