The Lakewood City Council consists of five members elected to serve a four-year term. Each year in March, the City Council reorganizes, selecting one council member to serve as mayor and another as vice mayor.

Currently, under State Elections Code §1000, elections for the City Council are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of odd-numbered years. These elections are staggered so that either two or three council seats are open in alternate election years.

The state legislature and governor has approved legislation requiring cities to change their local election dates to align with statewide election dates by 2022. The state also approved legislation moving the state's primary election date from June to March.

To comply with the state mandate, the Lakewood City Council has approved moving the city's elections from March of odd-numbered years to March of even-numbered years starting in 2020.

The Lakewood election scheduled for March 2019 will be moved to the new statewide election date of March 2020. Thereafter, every Lakewood election will be held on statewide election dates in March of even-numbered years.

Click here for the postcard notification of this change in English, Spanish and Korean.

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Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters

The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's office is located at 12400 Imperial Highway in Norwalk. Their normal office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For additional information, call 800-815-2666. Lakewood’s city clerk is an added resource at 562-866-9771, extension 2200.

Voter information/registration

For Lakewood residents, the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk is the primary source for voter registration and local election information, including sample ballots, polling place location and how to become an election volunteer.

The county’s lavote.net website reminds voters they must update their voter registration any time they change their address or their name. Voter registration forms are available online and at many public facilities like Lakewood City Hall, Lakewood libraries and fire stations.

Residents can expect to receive sample ballots in the mail three to six weeks prior to elections. They can also find them online at lavote.net.

Need help finding your polling place? Click here to go to a locator by address form. By entering your house number and street name in the appropriate boxes and hitting the “Submit” button, your poll location and sample ballot information will be provided.

For a more specific search of your voter record, please click here and be prepared to enter your last name, birthdate, house number and zip code and then press “Submit.” For assistance with voter registration, please call (800) 815-2666.

The California Secretary of State election site also offers a voter registration form and links to many of the above county items. The site contains additional information on candidates and initiatives from a statewide viewpoint.

Click here for voter registration information.