Monday is the final day for voters to register and be mailed a ballot for the April 4 Los Angeles City Council Sixth District special election.
According to the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office, voter registration applications are also available countywide at most governmental buildings, including post offices, libraries, Department of Motor Vehicles and Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s offices.
Voters were encouraged to check their voter registration to ensure they are registered and that their information is current.
If an eligible voter misses the registration deadline, that person will not be issued a vote-by-mail ballot but can still vote in-person at any voting center beginning Saturday. Voting registration can be done online at lavote.gov.
The special election was prompted by the resignation of Nury Martinez, who was caught on tape making a series of racist remarks during a 2021 meeting with two other council members and a labor leader to discuss the city’s redistricting process.
The Sixth District — which includes central and eastern portions of the San Fernando Valley — is being overseen by a non-voting caretaker, the city’s chief legislative analyst, Sharon Tso. A non-voting caretaker does not hold a seat on the council, but oversees the council office to make sure the district provides constituent services and other basic functions.
Seven candidates will appear on the ballot seeking to fill out the remainder of Martinez’s term, which ends in December 2024:
— Isaac Kim, small business owner;
— Imelda Padilla, community relations manager;
— Rose Grigoryan, social activist/journalist;
— Marisa Alcarez, environmental policy director;
— Antoinette Scully, community organizer/mother;
— Douglas Dagoberto Sierra, father/business consultant; and
— Marco Santana, director of a housing nonprofit.