Early Voting Expanded to Culver City in Los Angeles County

CULVER CITY, CA -- Pollworkers have seen a flurry of activity at five new polling locations opened for early voting in Los Angeles County, including one in Culver City.

A total of 7,756 early votes were cast this past weekend -- split nearly evenly between Saturday and Sunday -- for the Nov. 8 general election.

"We are encouraged by the turnout at the early voting locations and appreciate the patience and participation of Los Angeles County voters," said Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan. "It is clear that voters desire the option of in-person early voting in addition to vote by mail and Election Day in-precinct voting."

The highest turnout was in North Hollywood, where 1,831 votes were cast. Other new polling places are in West Covina, Culver City, Lancaster and Torrance. Norwalk was the county's first early voting location.

Logan offered no detail on the breakdown of those early votes.

He did highlight the county's efforts to modernize its voting system.

"While our current voting systems in California limit early voting options, the activity observed over the weekend validated the importance of moving to a more flexible and responsive voting model," Logan said.

Early voting continues through the week in the Registrar-Recorder's headquarters office in Norwalk from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekend early voting will be available at all six locations. More information is available at lavote.net.

-- City News Service, photo via Shutterstock