La Habra Heights, California Public Records

Registration requires a valid California driver's license or identification card number, or the last four digits of a Social Security number. Five council members serve four-year staggered terms, and the mayor is selected by rotation among council members annually. Candidate filing information and local ballot measures specific to the community are available through the City Clerk at 562-694-6302 and through the County Registrar. Residents can locate their assigned polling place or vote center by visiting lavote.gov and entering their address, or by calling 800-815-2666. Los Angeles County has adopted the Vote Center model under the California Voter's Choice Act, which allows voters to cast ballots at any vote center in Los Angeles County during the eleven-day voting period before and including Election Day. Public election records in California include voter registration files, available for purchase by qualified individuals and organizations under California Elections Code Section 2188, along with campaign finance reports accessible through the California Secretary of State's Cal-Access system at cal-access.sos.ca.gov and the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission for local races. Candidate statements and filings are public, as are precinct-level election results available at lavote.gov. Individual voter history, which elections a person voted in, but not how they voted, is also public record. No U.S. California offers permanent vote-by-mail status, and any registered voter can request to automatically receive a mail ballot for every election by submitting a vote-by-mail application at lavote.gov or by calling 562-466-1310. All registered voters in California automatically receive a vote-by-mail ballot starting 29 days before each election under recent state law changes.