Neighborhood activists are upset that, as of now, there are no voting centers in either Koreatown or Chinatown. Those centers are scheduled to open for early voting on May 28.
The last few days has seen a flurry of communications between the Registrar’s office and Asian American organizations, with groups such as CAUSE and the Korean American Coalition raising concerns over the dearth of vote centers in the two neighborhoods.said Friday that county staff was planning to visit the civil right group’s lodge in Chinatown later in the day.
Yap, the head of CAUSE, said she appreciated the Registrar’s office efforts to find polling places for the upcoming primary but hoped there would be long-term planning so there won’t be this kind of scramble for the general election. The Registrar’s office, which declined an interview, noted in its email that instead of in-person voting, people can mail their ballot early or visit aBut Chinatown resident Maylee Ramirez said the neighborhood should have a polling station of its own. A Cambodian American, she said there are many immigrants in the neighborhood who speak Southeast Asian languages as well as different dialects of Chinese and could use the help of poll volunteers who can communicate with them.
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