Special election to fill former Council President Nury Martinez's seat faces dismal turnout

Name: Special election to fill former Council President Nury Martinez's seat faces dismal turnout
Uploaded: 2023-04-06T21:39:00-0700
Duration: 3 min 51 s
Description: While Council District Six, which includes North Hills, Lake Balboa, Van Nuys and Sun Valley, contains 118,000 eligible voters only 13,000 — about 11% — casted a ballot. According to the Los Angeles City and County election officials, with $7.6 million spent on this race, taxpayers paid $584 per vote cast. Tom Wait reports.

While Council District Six, which includes North Hills, Lake Balboa, Van Nuys and Sun Valley, contains 118,000 eligible voters only 13,000 — about 11% — casted a ballot. According to the Los Angeles City and County election officials, with $7.6 million spent on this race, taxpayers paid $584 per vote cast. Tom Wait reports.