Elections

2025 Election Filler

LA County vote centers open for statewide special election 

News release  L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan announced that 111 vote centers are now open for the 2025 Statewide Special Election.   Vote centers are open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. for in-person voting, voter registration, and vote by mail ballot returns. The RR/CC

President Donald Trump at the White House on Oct. 20, 2025. Photo by Madalina Kilroy.

Trump rules out running for VP in 2028 

By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer                   President Donald Trump on Monday ruled out the possibility of him running for vice president in 2028 and said the Republican side has “great” potential candidates. 

Santa Clarita City Hall

City recommends ‘No’ vote on Prop. 50 

Santa Clarita City Council members shared several reasons Tuesday why they were unanimously recommending a “No” vote on Proposition 50 in November’s single-issue statewide election.  Proposition 50, the Election Rigging

Voters drop their ballots in a drop box at the Valencia Library in Valencia on Tuesday, 060722. Dan Watson/The Signal

LA County ballots mailed to voters 

News release   Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan announced that vote by mail ballots are being mailed to all registered voters for the Nov. 4 Statewide Special

Politics and government

Texas Senate taking up redistricting bill 

By Joseph Lord Contributing Writer  The Texas Senate was set Friday to take up a bill to redraw Texas’s congressional maps to increase Republicans’ hold on the state’s U.S. House delegation

National News

What to Know About Texas’ Redistricting Showdown 

By Darlene McCormick Sanchez Contributing Writer  DALLAS—Texas Democrats defied Gov. Greg Abbott’s call to return to the state for an Aug. 4 hearing on redrawing congressional district lines, setting up a

Despite a room loud with vocal support asking for her to stay, the Santa Clarita City Council on Tuesday voted to remove Denise Lite from her role on Santa Clarita’s Planning Commission with a 3-2 vote, following a request by Santa Clarita Mayor Pro Tem Laurene Weste. Perry Smith

Lite’s ouster sets stage for 2026 election 

After contentious session, council’s split vote grants Weste’s request  The Santa Clarita City Council’s ouster of Denise Lite from the city Planning Commission sets the stage for a contentious 2026