If you must vote in person, then you need to know a few ways to make the best use of your time:

• Plan to vote as early as October 24. Do not wait for Election Day—avoid the lines!
• Find a convenient Vote Center here.
• Review your sample ballot (hardcopy or email version) and decide how you are going to vote on specific ballot measures and candidates for office. Visit our homepage and scroll down to “Voter Information & Election News” to find resources that will help you decide.
• Plan to attend the October 8 “Pros & Cons” Thursday with the League to get nonpartisan information! Register here.
• Access the Registrar’s Interactive Sample Ballot (ISB) here. The ISB is a tool that allows you to access, review, and mark your selections on a smart device (at home or anywhere) prior to going to a Vote Center. You are not voting online. You are saving your choices so you can be ready to vote at the Vote Center. You will receive a Poll Pass with a machine-readable QR code that you take with you to the Vote Center. This is more accurate than transferring your choices from a paper sample ballot to the ballot-marking device (BMD).

• Watch the YouTube video How to Vote on the NEW Ballot Marking Device here. Watch someone vote with it! This video will give you an idea of what to expect. Remember that the BMD neither records nor counts votes. And it is NOT connected to any other computer or the internet! Instead, it helps fill out your paper ballot so it can be counted easily at the Registrar’s headquarters.
• To expedite your check-in at the Vote Center, take your paper sample ballot with you (if you have one) or visit LA Vote to obtain your Quick Check-in Code. Instead of giving your information to the check-in clerk, you can scan your personal barcode to start the process!
• You are now ready to go to the Vote Center. Make sure you have your Poll Pass (paper or cell phone), Sample Ballot or Quick Check-in Code, and your identification. Make sure you wear a mask and take any other protective gear (such as gloves or hand sanitizer) that you feel you need.
• At the Vote Center you will be checked in, given a paper ballot, and directed to an available Ballot Marking Device. Then you will cast your ballot and collect your “I Voted!” sticker.

Thank you for voting!

—Martha Y. Zavala