With Tuesday’s primary election just days away, hundreds of additional vote centers are opening this weekend throughout Los Angeles County.
More than 500 additional vote centers will open today, which, along with the 122 that opened last weekend, brings the total number of vote centers in the county to 646.
The centers are open through Tuesday, which is Election Day.
Operating hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday through Monday, and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
“With all L.A. County Vote Centers open this weekend, voters have many convenient options to cast their ballot early,” L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan said. “Avoid the rush, make a plan to vote early this weekend or Monday at a location that’s convenient for you.”
Of the more than 5.9 million registered voters in L.A. County, just more than 529,000 of the ballots cast have been accepted as of Thursday, according to the California secretary of state’s office. That’s roughly 9% of all registered voters in the county.
Voters can go to any vote center to cast their ballot in person, register to vote — and vote using a conditional ballot that will be counted after their voter registration is verified — or drop off their completed vote-by-mail ballot.
To save time, if you’re voting in person, you may fill out an interactive sample ballot before heading to a vote center. This tool allows you to mark your choices on a smartphone or other electronic device and, using a “poll pass” QR code, instantly transfer them to a ballot marking device once you’re at a vote center.
To access the sample ballot, go to lavote.gov/home/voting-elections and click on “Interactive Sample Ballot” under “Voting Options.”
Voters also can return their marked ballots at any of the more than 400 drop boxes scattered throughout L.A. County.
For vote center or drop box locations, go to locator.lavote.gov.
A third option for casting your ballot is to vote by mail.
A ballot must be postmarked by Election Day and received by the county elections office within a week of that day. In some areas of the state, the U.S. Postal Service might not postmark your ballot until the day after you’ve dropped it in a mailbox, or it might not deliver your ballot to your local elections office on the same day, so it’s best to mail in your ballot early.
If you do wait until Election Day to mail in your ballot, election officials advise that you go inside a Post Office and ask an employee to postmark your ballot.
To track your ballot so you know when it’s mailed out, received or counted, sign up at california.ballottrax.net for free automatic notifications by text, email or voicemail.
For information about voting, contact the L.A. County registrar’s office at lavote.gov or 800-815-2666.