Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Conny McCormack is reminding voters who wish to vote by mail that the deadline to request absentee ballots for the August 21, 2007, 37th Congressional District Special General Election is Tuesday, August 14, 2007.
Registered voters who would like to obtain an absentee ballot must send a written request containing the voter’s name, residence address and address to which the ballot is to be mailed. The signature of each person asking for an absentee ballot is required in order to verify the legitimacy of the application. Absentee ballots may be requested in the following ways:
– By filling out the Vote-By-Mail Application on the back cover of the Official Sample Ballot booklet sent by the RR/CC to each registered voter; or
– By letter addressed to the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, Absentee Voter Section, P.O. Box 30450, Los Angeles, CA 90030; or
– By accessing the RR/CC website at http://www.lavote.net and clicking on the Absentee Voting page under "Registrar of Voters Operations" and filling out an Absentee Ballot Application online; or
– In person at the RR/CC’s Office, 12400 Imperial Highway, 3rd floor, Room 3002, Norwalk, CA 90650.
If a voter has applied for an absentee ballot and has not received it within a week after sending in the application, the voter should call the RR/CC’s Office at (800) 815-2666. The range of remedies available to the voter includes: 1) requesting a replacement absentee ballot to be mailed; 2) voting at the RR/CC’s Norwalk Office through Election Day; or 3) going to the designated neighborhood precinct polling place to vote on Election Day.
To be counted, the voted absentee ballot must either be returned in person to the Registrar’s Office, delivered to any polling place conducting this election on election day during poll hours 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., or mailed in time to be in the Registrar’s Office by 8:00 p.m. on August 21st (postmarks are not acceptable). Additionally, the voter may authorize a designated family member to return the voted ballot to any polling place conducting this election or to the Registrar’s Office in accordance with the procedures outlined on the absentee ballot return envelope.
Under special circumstances from August 15 – August 21 a voter may request an emergency absentee ballot by applying in person or by sending a designee to the RR/CC Headquarters, 12400 Imperial Highway, Norwalk, CA 90650.
Additional information regarding this service or any questions regarding absentee voting can be obtained by calling the RR/CC Absentee Voter Section at (562) 466-1323, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays, or accessing the RR/CC website at
http://www.lavote.net. Persons requiring multilingual assistance in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog/Filipino, or Vietnamese regarding information in the press release, may call (800) 481-8683.