2024 - Honorable Mention for Exemplary Contingency Planning and Emergency Response Efforts

Los Angeles, known for pop-up restaurants, shops, and even museums, can now add Pop-Up Vote Centers to that list. As part of the Mobile Voting Program, the LA County Registrars office established Pop-Up Vote Centers as contingency assets. In the event there is an emergency at a vote center and the vote center must close or temporarily shut down (e.g., a power outage, pipe burst, or leaky roof), a pop-up vote center will be deployed. The pop-up vote center would be set up directly at the vote center location, either in the parking lot or any open outside area. These voting centers are completely self-reliant. They operate with the same voting equipment and offer the same services found at traditional vote centers. In addition to ballot marking devices (BMDs), electronic poll books (EPBs), and a vote by mail (VBM) ballot receptacle, they travel with a portable generator for power, a router for data connectivity, and a 10'x20' canopy to house all equipment. Election workers staffing the Pop-Up Vote Centers receive the same training as workers assigned to traditional centers.