Los Angeles County voters can begin checking their mailboxes for Vote by Mail Ballots with the November General Election drawing near, officials said.

Los Angeles County voters can begin checking their mailboxes for Vote by Mail Ballots with the November General Election drawing near, officials said.

County officials began mailing nearly 2 million Vote by Mail Ballots across Los Angeles County in preparation for the Nov. 8 General Election.
Requesting a Vote by Mail ballot can be easily done online, or by using the back of the Official Sample Ballot. Voters who have applied for a Vote by Mail ballot can check the status of their ballot at lavote.net.

There are 79 Vote By Mail ballot drop-off locations within L.A. County that are accepting Vote By Mail ballots before the Election Day.

Find the nearest location and hours at lavote.net.

Voters can choose to vote at a polling place on Election Day instead, however they must bring with and turn over their Vote By Mail ballot to the polling location.
For translated election materials in Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai or Vietnamese, call 800-481-8683.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2015, all Vote by mail ballots postmarked by Election Day will be counted if received within three (3) days by the by the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (E.C. § 3020).
The mission of the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk is to serve Los Angeles County by providing essential records management and election services in a fair, accessible and transparent manner. For more information, visit lavote.net and follow us on Twitter @LACountyRRCC.

The final date for voter registration in the state of California is October 24th

For those who still need to register visit registertovote.ca.gov

If unsure about your registration status visit www.sos.ca.gov

In the 2012 General Election approximately 30% of voters in the Santa Clarita area voted through mail in ballots.

The full breakdown is below:

LA County 5th Supervisorial District – 315,462 (30.53%)

State Senate 21st District – 81,312 (29.16%)

State Assembly 38th District – 56,791 (30.69%)

This information has been provided to KHTS AM-1220 through aThe Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk press release