Today is Last Day to Register to Vote

Residents in Palos Verdes and all others in Los Angeles County have until Monday night to register to vote in the November elections.

Visit lavote.net for an online voter registration form. The forms are also available by calling the Voter Registration Request Line at 800-481-8683 or at various locations across the county, including Department of Motor Vehicles offices, libraries, fire stations, post offices, public assistance offices and city clerks offices.

Voter registration forms must be submitted to the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk by the Oct. 24 deadline. Postmarked forms will also be accepted.

Not sure if you're registered to vote? Visit lavote.net to confirm voter registration status online, or call 562-466-1310 or 562-466-1323.

In Rancho Palos Verdes, eight candidates are vying for three open seats on the . Candidates for the open Rancho Palos Verdes Council seats are Eric Alegria, small business owner and teacher; Susan Brooks, former Rancho Palos Verdes mayor; Ken Dyda, former Rancho Palos Verdes mayor; Dave Emenhiser, current Rancho Palos Verdes planning commissioner; Dora de la Rosa, current PVPUSD Board of Education president; Jim Knight, current Rancho Palos Verdes planning commissioner; Jerry Duhovic, current vice chair of the RPV Finance Advisory Committee; and Cynthia Smith.

On the Board of Education, incumbent Larry Vanden Bos, of Rolling Hills Estates, will be challenged by Dianna Chooljian, a doctor from Palos Verdes Estates, and Erin LaMonte, of Rancho Palos Verdes.

Palos Verdes residents will also vote on , a local parcel tax that would secure funding for the PVPUSD by replacing two existing parcel tax measures, Measures P and V, with the same tax rate at $374 per parcel per year. Unlike Measures P and V, which are set to expire in 2013, Measure M has no expiration date. It will protect $7 million in local education spending, according to the district.

The Nov. 8 elections include contests in 19 cities, 42 school districts (of which 28 are Unified School Districts), four high school districts, six community college districts, five water districts, five county water districts, eight city measures, and three school district measures. The number of offices to be elected is 195, according to the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.

For more information on the November elections, visit lavote.net and the City of Rancho Palos Verdes website.