Need a ride to cast your ballot on election day?
LA Metro and Long Beach Transit will get you to a vote center or — if you’ve already filled out your ballot — to an official drop box to slide in your completed vote-by-mail ballot.
And all rides will be free on Tuesday, March 5, from midnight until 11:59 p.m.
LA Metro is offering free rides on all its six train lines, 2,200 buses, Metro Bike Share and Metro Micro (van rideshare service).
Train turnstiles from Santa Monica, to downtown LA to Long Beach, Pasadena, Azusa and North Hollywood for example will be free-flowing. On buses, there will be signs saying fares are free. In other words, no tapping required. The on-demand rideshare service, Metro Micro, is free when using the code Primary24 when booking a trip on the app, or by calling 323-466-3876 and pressing option 5.
Feel like biking it? Metro’s bike rentals — as seen on sidewalks or train/bus depots — is free with the promo code 303524 when accessing a bike. You will still need a credit or debit card when booking online, at a kiosk or through the Metro Bike Share app.
Metro has created an interactive map that shows in-person voting centers with a blue star, and ballot boxes with a yellow check mark. The LA County registrar’s office will have 644 regional Vote Centers open on Tuesday, Election Day. They are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Also, if you’ve got that ballot ready, voters can reach any of the nine vote-by-mail drop boxes situated at the following Metro stations: El Monte Bus Station, Harbor Freeway Station, Harbor Gateway Transit Center, Hollywood/Western Station, North Hollywood Station B, Norwalk Station, Westlake/MacArthur Park Station, Wilshire/Vermont Station, and at LA’s Union Station in the eastern portal.
Long Beach Transit’s free rides will be on their buses that span a service area of 100 square miles across 14 cities in Orange and Los Angeles counties. Besides Long Beach, LBT goes to: Carson, Lakewood,…
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