Skirball to Open as an LA County Vote Center on October 31

The LA Jewish Home

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Updated: 23 minutes ago

Illustration of voters walking toward a sunlit glass entrance on a hillside campus at golden hour, with a freeway curving below. — Illustration by The LA Jewish Home

The Skirball Cultural Center will open as a Los Angeles County vote center on Saturday, October 31, giving voters on the Westside and in the Sepulveda Pass a place to cast ballots through Election Day on Tuesday, November 3.

Voting will take place inside the Haas Conference Center on the Skirball campus at 2701 N. Sepulveda Boulevard, according to the Skirball. Any eligible Los Angeles County voter may vote there, regardless of where in the county they live.

Hours

What voters can do there

According to the Skirball, voters at the site can:

Vote in person
Drop off a vote-by-mail ballot in a secure ballot box
Get a replacement ballot
Use an accessible voting machine
Get help and voting materials in multiple languages
Register to vote or update their registration

The November ballot includes municipal, state and federal races and 14 statewide propositions.

Getting there

The Skirball lists free on-site parking for voters. Its North Parking garage is underground, about 150 yards north of the main entrance, and its East Parking garage is across Sepulveda Boulevard. Visitors with ADA placards can use the South Parking garage, just south of the main entrance, by entering at Skirball Center Drive, according to the Skirball's directions page. Street parking, including on Mulholland Drive, is not allowed.

Metro Rapid lines 233 and 761 stop at the Skirball. The northbound stop is at Bergreen Place and Sepulveda Boulevard, across from the main entrance. The southbound stop is at Herscher Way and Sepulveda Boulevard, about 150 yards north of the entrance.

The countywide calendar

Select Los Angeles County vote centers opened Saturday, October 24, and all in-person voting locations will be open by Saturday, October 31, LAist reported. On Election Day, vote centers are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, November 3, is also the last day to vote in person, return a ballot, or have a mailed ballot postmarked.

The Skirball describes hosting the vote center as part of its effort to help preserve American democracy and support voters' right to cast a ballot.