The city of West Hollywood’s election will be held on Tuesday, March 7. This year’s election will be consolidated, and polling, voting and counting operations will be conducted by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, rather than by the city of West Hollywood.

(photo by Jon Viscott)
West Hollywood City Hall. The city’s election is on March 7.

Residents will cast votes for two members of the city council, as well as for Los Angeles County Measure H, three Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees seats, and one member of the board of education for the Los Angeles Unified School District.

The process of voting will be the same as in years past. However, there will be some procedural changes, of which West Hollywood residents should be aware:

• Registered voters will receive official sample ballots from the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk in English, and will also receive a supplemental information pamphlet from the West Hollywood City Clerk’s Office, which will contain only West Hollywood election information and candidate statements in English, Russian and Spanish;
• Poll workers are selected by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder and any concerns on Election Day should be reported to inspectors at polling locations;
• Though ballots will not be counted in the city of West Hollywood, the city’s website will feature up-to-date information about the election results as such information becomes available at weho.org/elections;
• The L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk has 30 days to count and canvass the ballots, and it will try to accomplish this and certify the election results by Wednesday, March 29. Then the results will be declared official by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors at its meeting on Tuesday, April 4;
• The West Hollywood City Council is anticipated to approve the certified election results at its regular meeting on Monday, April 17 — the two councilmembers who win seats in this election will be sworn in at this time;
• The new mayor and mayor pro tempore will be installed at a West Hollywood City Council meeting on Monday, May 15.

VBM voters can drop off their ballots at West Hollywood City Hall, located at 8300 Santa Monica Blvd., through Monday, March 6, during regular city hall hours.

For information,  polling places and sample ballots visit weho.org/elections. For additional information, call the City Clerk’s Office at (323)848-6409.