![A man in a Rams sweatshirt at a voting booth](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/31fab89/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3671x2447+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F79%2F9c%2Fb16544124c19be89cfd9df307ee0%2F1213319-me-election-day-polls-jja-0005.jpg)
A voter cats his ballot at the Rogers Park in Inglewood.
(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
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Neither rain nor sleet nor gloom of selecting the wrong candidate could keep voters from casting their ballots in Tuesday’s midterm election.
At stake: Who will lead the nation’s second-largest city and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Wilmington
![A woman holds up a circular sign with a smiling face drawn on it](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4422397/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4646x3214+0+0/resize/2000x1384!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F81%2F02%2F825078784953bb006e25fd07748f%2F1212579-me-1108-election-day-polls-cmh-01.jpg)
Poll worker Carletta Williams welcomes voters at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2967 in Wilmington.
(Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
South L.A.
![A man gives a thumbs-up as he leaves a voting center](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ab04b66/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcc%2F37%2Ff4ed039c4fafb68d7aee6b47c9bc%2F1212580-me-1108-election-2-rcg.jpg)
Poll workers applaud Timoteo Antonio Ramirez after he voted at Ted Watkins Park in South L.A.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
West Hollywood
![People line up outside a polling place](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/820b04f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5760x3840+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F21%2F04%2Fb82f55ef47a595325d6e89a78640%2F1212578-me-1108-election-day-polls-weho-gem-021.jpg)
Voters wait to cast their ballots at Plummer Park in West Hollywood.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Lynwood
![People stand at yellow voting booths in a basketball gym](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/55eccbf/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0a%2Fcc%2Fc2c7b10b4a559088cad2aea327a6%2F1212580-me-1108-election-9-rcg.jpg)
Voters at Lynwood Park in South L.A.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Long Beach
![A man peels an "I voted" sticker off a sheet held up by a poll worker](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/73a4e2e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6224x4087+0+0/resize/2000x1313!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe1%2F81%2Fab8c5ee94cd6b8f4ce5d353cd0e6%2F1212579-me-1108-election-day-polls-cmh-10.jpg)
A voter receives their sticker at the International City Masonic Center in Long Beach.
(Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
Koreatown
![People standing in a line](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/241bae3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4116x2744+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3c%2F3e%2F3c84e158448c851f16634b715e89%2F1213319-me-election-day-polls-jja-0015.jpg)
People wait their turn to vote at the Anderson Munger Family YMCA in Koreatown.
(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
East L.A.
![A woman wipes down a voting station](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5576834/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x2400+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5e%2Fff%2F698123ee41dea87876f62f46974f%2F1212507-me-1108-election-day-east-la-015-ik.jpg)
Alba Adanto sanitizes a ballot marking machine after use at Ruben F. Salazar Park in East L.A.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Baldwin Hills
![Doors are propped open as election workers wait inside](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/20c0402/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5760x3840+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc6%2Faa%2F084092fa4105be313e66ec346300%2F1212919-me-1108-election-bass-voting-gem-008.jpg)
Election worker Virginia P. Bland waits for voters in the early morning at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Center.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
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