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Los Angeles opens three vote centers for District 6 runoff election

The Los Angeles City Council Runoff Ballot on June 27 will see two candidates seeking to replace former Los Angeles City Councilman Nouri Martinez run-off, with three vote centers currently open.

Vote center locations can be found online. locator.lavote.gov It is also on the sample ballots sent to voters. The center is open daily from 10am to 7pm and allows you to vote in person or voters can return their completed vote-by-mail ballots.

Community advocate Imelda Padilla and Marisa Alcaraz, chief adviser to city councilor Karen Price, received the most votes in April’s primary election for District 6 seats.

This district includes all or part of the neighborhoods of Lake Balboa, Van Nuys, Panorama City, Aleta, North Hills, North Hollywood, and Sun Valley. The area has been without a representative since then city council president Martinez resigned after an audiotape of his racist remarks was leaked.

Her resignation was followed by a special election for the San Fernando Valley seat, in which Padilla and Alcaraz won five other opponents after Padilla secured 25.7% of the vote and Alcaraz 21.1%. broke the However, after failing to receive 50% of the vote, the two were forced into a run-off on June 27.

Los Angeles County Registrar and County Clerk Dean C. said to vote. An official ballot drop-box or vote center.

With the election just two weeks away, some constituency voters are already casting their ballots in Latino-majority constituencies.

As of Friday, 6,947 mail-in ballots had been returned in the election, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar’s Office.

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