Los Angeles Polling Centers To Stay Open Late After Voters Face Long Lines
Deadline’s Pete Hammond happened to be at the Sherman Oaks Galleria shopping mall in Los Angeles this evening, and reported a massive crowd of people waiting to vote.
A voting machine is listed as ‘out of order’ Tuesday inside a Chinatown elementary school in Los Angeles.In the past, L.A. County voters had many more polling places available with some private homes and churches used as polling places.The introduction of touch-screen voting machines and specially designated vote centers led to longer lines today and a bit of confusion.
Tuesday evening saying polling centers would remain open past the 8 p.m. cutoff time to accommodate anyone already standing in line. About three million votes had already been cast in the state by Sunday, officials reported. In Los Angeles County alone, nearly 575,000 vote-by-mail ballots were received as of Monday night, according to the registrar-recorder’s office.
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