LA County kicks election prep into high gear with 1 month to go what voters need to know

Check your mailboxes Los Angeles voters, election season is officially kicking into high gear.Los Angeles County has begun mailing ballots ahead of the Nov.3 general election, launching the final month of a packed election featuring contests for LA mayor, California governor and Congress, along with a sprawling collection of local and statewide measures.The county is offering more than 400 ballot drop boxes, while vote centers begin opening Oct.

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Never miss a story The ballots are landing as California remains at the center of a heated fight over election security.Critics, including First Assistant U.S.Attorney Bill Essayli, have raised concerns about the state’s vote-by-mail system, ballot handling and the ability to verify that ballots are being cast by eligible voters, while state officials and voting advocates have defended the Golden State’s safeguards.The debate is likely to intensify as millions of ballots go out ahead of next month’s election, putting renewed focus on how the state verifies, processes and counts the votes once they’re returned.Among the headline contests is the Los Angeles mayoral race, where incumbent Mayor Karen Bass faces City Council member Nithya Raman.

That contentious matchup between the two Democrats involves candidates with dramatically different political coalitions. But the mayor’s office is far from the only consequential choice facing Angelenos.City voters will also confront eight local ballot measures, ranging from taxes and wildfire recovery to sweeping changes in how City Hall operates. Here are five measures involving significant fiscal, governmental or land-use changes:California Post News: Facebook, In...