By Daily Press staff
A total of 43 polling stations throughout the city will be open today from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Santa Monica has 60,539 registered voters, and officials are bracing for high voter turnout and crowded polls due to the heated presidential race, and close contests in state and local races.
Four seats are at stake on the Santa Monica City Council, and three each on the local school and college boards. Two local propositions also are on the ballot, a $135 million bond for Santa Monica College and a 2 percent hike in the local hotel bed tax.
Though 16 names will be listed on the ballot in the local council race, two candidates have since dropped out of the running. They are Red Cross worker Tom Viscount and hedge activist Leah Mendelsohn.
Residents’ polling places are printed on the back of sample ballots. Voters also can call the Los Angeles County Registrar- Recorder at (800) 815-2666 or log onto lavote.net, which includes a polling place finder. Santa Monica City Hall also can help. Call (310) 458-8211 for more information.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 2, 2004. Read the original PDF.