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As you watch these results, keep in mind:
- As of Friday, Nov. 15, L.A. election officials said more than 3.73 million ballots had been returned so far.
- An estimated 79,400 remained to be counted.
- There are more than 5.7 million registered voters in L.A. County
- 2.1 million of those registered votes live in the City of L.A.
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Get full results:
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Keep in mind that in tight races the winner may not be determined for days or weeks after Election Day. This is normal. Here's why.
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In L.A. County, additional results, which includes mail-in votes received on or after Election Day as well as provisional ballots, will be released following this schedule:
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Mon, Nov. 18 | Tues, Nov. 19 | Fri, Nov. 22 | Tues, Nov. 26
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In California, ballots postmarked on or before Nov. 5 are counted toward the results as long as they arrive within seven days of the election. County election officials must certify the results by Dec. 5, and the California Secretary of State's Office must certify the statewide vote by Dec. 13.
What is at stake in this race
Measure HH (along with its companion Measure II) is a mishmash of proposed changes to the Los Angeles City Charter that largely tackle the minutiae of city governance. These proposals can get pretty deep in the weeds, but they make a difference in how city departments and officials do their work (and in some cases, whether they get sued).
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Why this race mattered
The ballot measures that you’re seeing this year — Charter Amendment HH among them — are all part of a larger charter reform effort that began in late 2022 after three city officials and a labor leader were caught on tape making racist and homophobic remarks while discussing how to amass more power in the city’s once-a-decade redistricting process. Since then, the pressure’s been on for city officials to reform the structure of city government to create more transparency and accountability. That starts with amending the L.A. City Charter.
Measure HH would amend about a dozen sections of the L.A. City Charter to update language, introduce new rules or specify responsibilities for certain city offices. Among the changes that would be ushered in: Giving the L.A. city attorney authority to compel witnesses to turn over evidence or give information related to that investigation, give the L.A. city controller power to audit and access the financial records of any city contractors or subcontractors, and require anyone who is nominated to be a commissioner for the city of L.A. to file a form detailing their potential financial conflicts of interests before they can be confirmed to that commission.
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