Voter Game Plan 2024

• As of Friday, Nov. 15, L.A. election officials said more than 3.73 million ballots had been returned so far.
• There are more than 5.7 million registered voters in L.A. County
• 2.1 million of those registered voters live in the City of L.A.

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.

As of Friday, Nov. 15 an estimated 79,400 ballots remained to be counted in L.A. County. All ballots postmarked by Election Day had to arrive by Nov. 12.

Additional results, which includes mail-in votes received on or after Election Day as well as provisional ballots, will be released following this schedule:

Mon, Nov. 18 | Tues, Nov. 19 | Fri, Nov. 22 | Tues, Nov. 26

• Oct. 5

  Mail-in ballots go out
  

• Oct. 21

  Last day to register online to vote. Register here.
  

• Oct. 26

  Vote centers open. Find L.A. County vote center and drop box locations here.
  

• Oct. 29

  Last day to request a replacement mail-in ballot
  

• Nov. 5

  Election Day. If your vote-by-mail ballot is postmarked by Election Day and received within seven days, it will be counted.
  

• Dec. 5

  All results final

I’m Civics and Democracy producer Brianna Lee, and I’ve worked on LAist’s election coverage every year since 2016.

Our goal is to help people feel empowered and confident about their vote. That only happens if we give them clear, unbiased information about the races and measures on their ballot, centered on the issues they care about.

My colleagues and I work really hard to do that. For our 2024 guides:

• More than two dozen LAist staffers across our editorial and product teams pitched in to report, edit, design and produce guides for L.A. and Orange counties
• We started months in advance, reporting and researching as much as we could about the races, sending candidate surveys for city council and school board, watching forums, examining endorsements from all sides and analyzing campaign finance data, even for the most obscure items on the ballot 
• We answer every single question voters send to us, whether it’s about how to evaluate judicial candidates or what color pen to use for their ballot

After every election, we take a hard look at how we can still improve and make our next voter guides even more comprehensive and useful. Have a suggestion? Send it my way.