Where to Vote in Special Election?

Hermosans will be able to cast their votes in a special election for the 28th State Senate District seat at six local polling places Tuesday.

There are  left vacant by state Sen. Jenny Oropeza, who died Oct. 20 from complications of an abdominal blood clot and was posthumously re-elected in November.

About 467,493 voters had registered to vote by the end of January, according to the county Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's office. Starting at 7 a.m., voters in Hermosa Beach can visit the following polling places:

1. The garage at the county lifeguard station on 1200 The Strand
3. on PCH
4. on Massey Avenue
5. on Herondo Street
6. The 's youth center meeting hall

This special election and a similar election for the state Senate's 17th District are the first under the provisions of the open primary law Proposition 14, which voters passed in June that went into effect Jan. 1.

Under the new measure, if no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote in the primary (or, in this case, the special election), then the top two finishers will face each other in an April 19 general election, even if they are from the same party.

For more voter information, visit the Los Angeles County Registrar.