By Daily Press staff
Los Angeles County Registrar- Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Conny McCormack is reminding voters who wish to vote by mail that requests for absentee ballots for the Nov.7 General Election must be received by the RR/CC no later than Tuesday, Oct. 31.
Registered voters who would like to obtain an absentee 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 an absentee ballot is required in order to verify the legitimacy of the application.
Absentee ballots may be requested in the following ways: ■ By filling out the Vote-By-Mail Application on the back cover of the Official Sample Ballot booklet sent to each registered voter. ■ By letter addressed to the Registrar- Recorder/County Clerk,Absentee Voter Section, P.O. Box 30450, Los Angeles, CA 90030-0450. ■ By accessing the RR/CC web site at www.lavote.net and clicking on the Absentee Voting page under “Registrar of Voters Operations” and filling out an Absentee Ballot Application online. ■ In person at the RR/CC’s Office, 12400 Imperial Highway, 3rd floor, Room 3002, Norwalk.
If a voter has applied for an absentee ballot and has not received it within a week after sending in the application, the voter should call the RR/CC’s Office at (800) 815-2666.
To be counted, the voted absentee ballot must either be returned in person to the Registrar’s Office, delivered to any polling place in Los Angeles County on election day during poll hours — 7 a.m.to 8 p.m.,or mailed in time to be in the Registrar’s Office by 8 p.m. on Nov. 7 (postmarks are not acceptable).
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 27, 2006. Read the original PDF.