Part 1: The Basics
That's right, the 2008 election is tomorrow, Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 – make it a holiday and go out and vote. We at the DTLF decided to put together a couple brief resources to help you along in the process which can often be confusing. This is the first part of three and covers the basics of voting in Los Angeles. Enjoy.

WHEN: Polls are open from 7am - 8pm

WHERE: There are places all over our fair city, to find yours, check your sample ballot that came in the mail. It will be printed on it. If you didn't get a sample ballot (or lost it) go to this website (https://lavote.net/SECURED/VOTER_REG/) and enter in the requested information. In the field asking for your house number, that's your street address number, not your phone number (for instance, if you live at the Alexandria, you would enter 501 in that field).

The DTLF recommends, before going to the polling place, you familiarize yourself with your sample ballot. You don't want to end up in the polling booth without a clue, or worse, voting for the wrong thing. Here's a couple of very useful PDFs for your downloading pleasure:

SAMPLE VOTER BALLOT: http://www.lavote.net/LOCATOR/BALLOT/566/221.pdf

VOTER INSTRUCTIONS: http://www.lavote.net/VOTER/PDFS/Instructions_Voters_At_Polls.pdf

That should keep you busy for a little bit, download those PDFs, get comfy, and await part two... which is basically just a really useful email we got from our good friend Sam.

For complete Los Angeles voter information, why not go straight to the horse's mouth: http://www.lavote.net