The 2024 statewide primary is still about a month away — but in Los Angeles County, the election has essentially begun.
The Los Angeles County registrar’s office began sending out vote-by-mail ballots on Thursday, Feb. 1, so it’s only a matter of days before the envelopes start landing in people’s mailboxes. And because the U.S. Postal Service prioritizes election mail, some voters may have already received them, registrar spokesperson Michael Sanchez said in a Friday interview.
The more than 400 ballot dropboxes scattered around the county also opened on Thursday — so eager voters can begin participating in the democratic process as soon as their VBMs arrive.
But don’t run out to vote just yet.
There’s plenty more you should know about the upcoming election: Where and when you can vote in person. What the relatively new top-two primary system is all about. How you can volunteer to help out the registrar’s office.
And that’s just for starters.
So before casting your votes, check out this primer on the March 5 election.
The primary in a nutshell
Councilmembers. Local measures. School board races.
Senators. Representatives. The presidency.
As you may have gleaned from the myriad automated text messages and robo-calls from candidates you’ve likely been ignoring for weeks, California’s 2024 statewide primary is a tad congested.
In Los Angeles County alone, there are 17 congressional, five state Senate and 24 Assembly races. There are also three seats on the county’s Board of Supervisors up for grabs, as well as the district attorney’s race and dozens of Superior Court judgeships — and more local city and school board races than we can tally here.
There’s one state proposition as well, and several cities also have local measures on the ballot.
And statewide, folks will have to vote for an open U.S. Senate seat twice. That’s because former Sen. Diane Feinstein’s death created a vacancy that voters need to fill until the end of…
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