In the midst of the longest perpetual election cycle in memory, here is an announcement that hopefully will arrest your attention:
Tomorrow is Election Day, from 7 in the morning until 8 in the evening.
No excuses because all of the precincts for Culver City’s estimated 22,000 voters are listed below for this statewide election.
For Culver City and Westside voters, the ballot is divided into three sections:
The superstar is Assemblyman Curren D. Price (D-Inglewood), who is the heaviest favorite possible to capture the state Senate seat formerly held by Mark Ridley-Thomas — until he was elected to the County Board of Supervisors last November.
In this runoff from a March 24 special election, where Mr. Price swamped a large field, he needed 50 percent of the votes to avoid a runoff. But the fractured field left him with 36 percent.
The Republican Rabbi Nachum Shifren and Peace and Freedom Party candidate Cindy Varela Henderson are not given a chance of overcoming Mr. Price.
In Los Angeles, here are two of the hottest races:
One will pit former state legislator Paul Koretz against neighborhood activist David Vahedi for the prized Westside City Council seat.
For City Attorney, Councilman Jack Weiss is easily the better known candidate. But he seems to have made more enemies than friends, and his rival, the much lesser known Carmen Trutanich, endorsed by the Los Angeles Times, just may come from far behind.
Two members of the Community College Board are up for re-election, Angela J. Reddock and Nancy Pearlman, and they are favored.
Still, the most noise has been generated by a modern California Election Day staple, a bundle of legislature-spawned propositions, six of them. Nearly all legislators and the governor claim that unless all six are approved, the sky and anything else that is loose will fall on Californians. Most predictions are that all may lose.
Since it is not Presidential election, only a pittance of voters is expected beyond the friends and relatives of the candidates.
The complaint has gone out for decades about so-called off-year (non-Presidential) elections attracting no more than wisps of voters.
This could qualify as off-off-off election since it is the first one in almost two months. Further, there will be still another in a few weeks, to fill the Assembly seat Mr. Price will vacate on Tuesday.
Here is where Culver City voters may cast their ballots:
Vets Auditorium, Room A, 4117 Overland Ave., at Culver Boulevard
Farragut School, Library, 10820 Farragut Dr.
Julian Dixon Library, Multi-Purpose Room, 4975 Overland Ave.
American Legion, Post 46, Banquet Hall, 5309 Sepulveda Blvd.
El Marino School, Cafeteria, 11450 Port Rd.
El Rincon School, Library, 11177 Overland Ave.
Hooman GMC dealership, 6101 Slauson Ave.
Raintree Condos, Recreation Room,2000 Raintree Circle
Rotary Plaza/La Sorra Loma Apts., Community Room/Recreation Room, 5100 Overland Ave.
Heather Village Assoc., Board Room, 6443 Green Valley Circle
Mar Vista Gardens Rec Center, Gymnasium,4901 Marionwood Dr.
Mar Vista Family Center, Parent Room, 5070 Slauson Ave.
Residence,11237 Lucerne Ave.
Playa del Rey Elementary School, 12221 Juniette St.
Residence, 3337 McManus Ave.
Residence, 3643 Helms Ave.
City Hall, Dan Patacchia Room, 9770 Culver Blvd.
Lin Howe School, Library, 4100 Irving Pl.
La Ballona School, Library, 10915 Washington Blvd.
Holiday Auto Plaza, Lounge, 10424 Venice Blvd.
Interiors Made Ezzy, Showroom, 10730 Washington Blvd.
For election results, check www.lavote.net and, statewide, www.sos.ca.gov
