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Deadline To Request Vote By Mail Ballot Approaching
Acting Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean Logan is reminding voters who wish to vote by mail that the deadline to request vote by mail ballots for the June 3, 2008, Primary Election is Tuesday, May 27, 2008.
Registered voters who would like to obtain a vote by mail 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 a vote by mail ballot is required in order to verify the legitimacy of the application. Vote by mail ballots may be requested in one of 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;
By letter addressed to the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, Vote by Mail Section, P.O. Box 30450, Los Angeles, CA 90030;
By accessing the RR/CC website at www.lavote.net and clicking on the Vote by Mail page under “Registrar of Voters Operations” and filling out a Vote by Mail Ballot Application online;
By applying in person at the RR/CC’s Office, 12400 Imperial Highway, 3rd floor, Room 3002, Norwalk.
If a voter has applied for a vote by mail ballot and has not received it within a week after mailing 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 vote by mail ballot;
2) voting at the RR/CC’s Norwalk Office through election day; or
3) going to their designated neighborhood polling place to vote on election day.
In order to be counted, the vote by mail ballot must either be returned in person to the Registrar’s Office, delivered to any polling place conducting the election on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., or mailed within sufficient time for delivery to the Registrar’s Office by 8:00 p.m. on
June 3 (postmarks are not acceptable).
Additionally, the voter may authorize a designated family member to return the voted ballot to any polling place conducting the election or to the Registrar’s Office in accordance with the procedures outlined on the vote by mail ballot return envelope.
Under special circumstances, a voter may also request an emergency vote by mail ballot from May 28 through June 3, by applying in person or by sending a designee to the RR/CC Headquarters, 12400 Imperial Hwy., Norwalk.
Additional information regarding this service or any questions regarding vote by mail voting can be obtained by calling the RR/CC Vote by Mail Voter Section at (562) 466-1323, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays, or online at 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.
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