With flyers mailed, mud slung, and endorsements secured, candidates for multiple spots on the City Council – and one councilmember seeking higher office – will now wait nervously for you to act: It’s Election Day in Palm Springs and across America.
Driving the news: Three seats on the city’s top governing body are being contested – in districts 1, 2 and 3. In addition, the councilmember in District 4 is hoping to head to Sacramento and a seat in the State Assembly. If that happens, the city will have a vacancy to fill.
- As of the latest count, 22% of ballots mailed out in the county had already been mailed back.
- If you didn’t drop your ballot in a mailbox, you are more than welcome to drop it off at one of two drop boxes in the city or cast your vote at one of three voting centers until 8 p.m. tonight.
Details: Of course, races in Palm Springs aren’t the only thing on the ballot. There are multiple county, state, and federal decisions that need to be made, including ballot initiatives on gambling, reproductive rights, flavored tobacco, and more.
- Need to know what district you live in, and therefore whether you have a City Council race to vote on? You can look that up here.
- You can find all the ballot drop-off and voting center locations here.
- You can check your registration and learn what your ballot will look like using this site.
Bottom line: While the official certification in Riverside County doesn’t happen until later this month, we should have a fairly accurate picture of how the local races will shape up by late this evening. We’ll be tracking it all live on our Twitter account and will tell you what we know when we know it.
