Vote Early In Person:
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Deadline To Request
Mail-In Ballot:
05/14/13
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Vote Early In Person: Not Available Deadline To Request Mail-In Ballot: 05/14/13 |
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 05/21/13 Polling Hours: 7:00am to 8:00pm » Find your polling place |
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- How Do I Register?
- When Do I Vote?
- Where Do I Vote?
- What Do I Bring?
- What's On My Ballot?
- Send Me Reminders
Registration Information
The deadline to register to vote in Los Angeles is 15 days before the election. Be sure your form is postmarked 15 days before the election. Note: you can also register online.
To register to vote in California, you must be:
- A United States citizen,
- A resident of California,
- 18 years of age or older on Election Day,
- Not in prison or in county jail (serving a state prison sentence or serving a term of more than one year in jail for a defined "low-level" felony), or on parole, post release community supervision, or post-sentencing probation for a felony conviction (for more information on the rights of people who have been incarcerated, please see the Secretary of State's Voting Guide for Currently or Formerly Incarcerated Californians), and
- Not found by a court to be mentally incompetent.
Register to vote now!
To check the status of your voter registration, click here.
When can I vote in Los Angeles City?
Early Voting Information
In-person early voting available? NoBy mail early voting available? Yes
Primary Election:
For the primary, completed applications must be submitted by February 26th and completed vote-by-mail ballots must be received by the elections official no later than the close of polls on Election Day (8pm on March 5).
General Election:
Any registered may vote early by a vote-by-mail ballot. To request a vote-by-mail ballot, you can download the application or complete the vote-by-mail ballot application included in the sample ballot booklet you receive from the Los Angeles City Clerk Office.
Completed applications must be submitted by May 14th and completed vote-by-mail ballots must be received by the elections official no later than the close of polls on Election Day (8pm on May 21). For more information, click here.
Voting Hours on Election Day
The polls are open from:7:00am to 8:00pm
Please contact your state election office for additional voting information, or click here to learn more about voting absentee in your state.
Where do I vote?
What do you need to bring?
However, if you are voting for the first time after registering to vote by mail and did not provide your driver's license number, California identification number, or the last four digits of your social security number on your registration form, you may be asked to show a form of identification when you go to the polls. In this case, be sure to bring identification with you to your polling place or include a copy of it with your vote-by-mail ballot.
- A copy of a recent utility bill
- the sample ballot booklet you received from your county elections office or another document sent to you by a government agency
- U.S. passport
- California driver's license or state identification card
- student identification card showing your name and photograph
For more information, contact your http://www.lavote.net/LOCATOR/ .
What's on my ballot?
Mayor
ERIC GARCETTI, Los Angeles City Councilmember
WENDY J. GREUEL, Los Angeles City Controller
City Attorney
CARMEN “NUCH” TRUTANICH, Los Angeles City Attorney(Incumbent)
MIKE FEUER, Assembly Member/Attorney
City Controller
RON GALPERIN, Efficiency Commissioner/Businessman
DENNIS P. ZINE, Los Angeles City Councilman
City Council District 1
JOSE A. GARDEA, Councilmember’s Chief Deputy
GILBERT CEDILLO, California State Lawmaker
City Council District 9
CURREN D PRICE, JR, State Senator/Professor
ANA CUBAS, Councilmember’s Chief Deputy
City Council District 13
MITCH O’FARRELL, Councilmember’s Senior Advisor
JOHN J. CHOI, Commissioner/Community Organizer
City Council District 6 (Special Nominating Election)
WALTER ALEXANDER ESCOBAR, Student
NURY MARTINEZ, School Boardmember
CINDY MONTANEZ, Businesswoman/Environmental Advocate
RICHARD VALDEZ, Businessman
DEREK WALEKO, Senior Government Advisor
J. ROY GARCIA, Community Activist/Businessman
Los Angeles Unified School District – Member of the Board, District #6
MONICA RATLIFF, Fifth Grade Teacher
ANTONIO SANCHEZ, Educator/Community Organizer
Los Angeles Community College District – Seat #6 of the Board of Trustees
NANCY PEARLMAN, Community College Trustee
DAVID VELA, School Board Member
For more information on all of the elections happening in 2013, visit the Los Angeles County Clerk Elections site.
Download our printable 2013 LA Voter Guide
