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Vote-by-mail ballots available for two special elections

By Jean Merl
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Voters in two area state Senate districts have until Feb. 8 to request vote-by-mail ballots, election officials said.

Special elections will be held Feb. 15 to fill vacancies in the sprawling High Desert-based 17th District, which spans several counties, and in the 28th District, which stretches from Venice and Mar Vista through the South Bay and into Long Beach.

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Voters can use the Vote By Mail application on the back of their sample ballots or apply online by going to the registrar of voters website for their county. The 28th District lies entirely within Los Angeles County, while the 17th District spans parts of Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties and a sliver of Kern County.

The vacancy in the 17th District occurred after then-Sen. George Runner (R-Lancaster) was elected to the State Board of Equalization in November. The term expires Dec. 2, 2012.

The death of Sen. Jenny Oropeza (D-Long Beach) prompted the other special election, for a full term running until Nov. 30, 2014.

-- Jean Merl

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Jean Merl

Jean Merl, a hopeless news junkie, covered regional politics for the Los Angeles Times until 2015. She was raised in southern Ohio but moved with her family to Los Angeles at a tender age, which practically makes her a California native. She holds a master’s degree from UCLA and remembers when Otis Chandler was publisher of The Times and Tom Bradley was mayor of L.A.

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