LA County officials are working to keep votes and voters safe in 2024

How LA County Keeps Your Vote Safe

Election officials in Los Angeles County are working hard to secure this year’s elections.

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said he wants people “to feel like they can go to any voting location and not be intimidated or afraid that something might happen.”

For that reason, the sheriff has been involved in a variety of meetings for months as he deliberates on how to implement security in what he calls “a contentious election.”

“We have to worry,” Luna said. “If you look at the rhetoric, back and forth, we always tell people that it’s okay to disagree, but you can’t start fighting, and you can’t act on your desires for violence. “

So far, the sheriff said there are no credible threats to poll workers or polling places in the county. And he and LA County Registrar-Recorder Dean Logan plan to keep it that way.

“We take the security of the voting process very seriously, but we also take security very seriously,” Logan said.

Logan and the sheriff spotted the burning ballot boxes nearby Washington And Oregon. Nothing like that happened here. And Logan said, “The boxes we use in LA County are all designed to ensure the security of the ballots, so if something were to happen, the flames could be extinguished quickly.”

The sheriff said, “We are being briefed on that investigation and everything related to that incident.”

Sheriff’s K9s are also working to prevent toxic materials from being mailed in with ballots that could affect workers and the counting. Logan said the dogs help “so we don’t have to shut down the operation and continue to provide the services we need to keep the voting process moving and counting.”

Luna said the goal is simple: “Election security is a top priority for us in Los Angeles County, and we are committed to a fair process, free from intimidation or interference.”

And deputies work with people at the county voting center throughout the process. They escort your ballots from LA County’s 648 voting centers, “…to 79 check-in centers throughout the county and then they are transported by sheriff’s patrol cars or sheriff’s helicopter back to this facility for counting.”

Sheriff Luna said on Election Day “if you see something, say something.”