VOTE SIGNUP ENDS TODAY.Byline: Daily News Today is the deadline to register to vote for the coming Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. city general election - when voters will choose a new mayor and cast ballots in other races, officials said. Voters will decide between City Attorney James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California and former state Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. in the runoff for mayor on Election Day June 5. They'll also vote for a new city attorney and, in some areas, members of the City Council and local school boards. Residents can obtain voter registration Voter registration is the requirement in some democracies for citizens to check in with some central registry before being allowed to vote in elections. An effort to get people to register is known as a voter registration drive. Centralized/compulsory vs. forms at city libraries, fire stations, post offices and city clerk In the United States, a City Clerk is an elected or appointed official who is responsible as the official keeper of the municipal records. In some places, the Clerk may be known as the "Village Clerk" or "Town Clerk". offices. To qualify to vote, residents must be 18 years old, U.S. citizens and Los Angeles residents. Voters who have moved or changed their names must reregister. Call the City Clerk's Elections Division at (888) 873-1000 or (213) 485-4615 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays for general information or for information about registration-by-mail forms. Call (800) 994-8683 for assistance in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog or Vietnamese. Check the City Clerk's Elections Division Web site at www.lacity.org/clk/election for more information. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion