USC students have multiple options for casting their votes on or near campus in the upcoming California statewide special election on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Gov. Gavin Newsom called for this special election<\/a> solely to hold a vote on Proposition 50<\/a>, a legislative constitutional amendment that would adopt a new congressional district map. According to PBS<\/a>, the map was drawn by California\u2019s state legislature in response to Texas\u2019s redistricting over the summer. In August<\/a>, the Texas state legislature passed newly drawn maps that are designed to enable the state to elect more Republicans to Congress during the 2026 midterms. California\u2019s Prop. 50 aims to combat this by adopting a map that creates more favorable districts for Democrats, resulting in the state sending more Democrats to Congress in 2026. Typically, states redraw congressional district maps every 10 years after a census takes place, but Texas began its redistricting efforts after a push from President Donald Trump. <\/p>\n USC students who are California residents can vote in person or by mail. During the 2024 general election, Annenberg Media<\/a> reported that some students waited an hour or more to vote in person in the USC Village \u2014 although turnout<\/a> for special elections is typically lower than it is for general elections. <\/p>\n Patrick Stinebaugh, a senior studying screenwriting, plans to vote in person in the USC Village and believes other USC students will take advantage of the conveniently located voting center. <\/p>\n \u201cConvenience-wise, I don\u2019t see why [students] would go anywhere else,\u201d said Stinebaugh. \u201cI think anyone who is 50\/50 wouldn\u2019t [vote] if there wasn\u2019t a convenient way to do it. I think that having a place [to vote] in the village is really important because it allows you to get the votes from the 50\/50 people.\u201d <\/p>\n There are multiple voting centers and ballot drop boxes on or close to USC\u2019s campus that students can use. Below are the five closest locations for USC students to make their voices heard by voting in person on Prop. 50 this Tuesday.<\/p>\n Voting locations Near USC<\/p>\n Map by Nina Moothedath<\/p>\n Voting Centers<\/b><\/p>\n USC Village<\/b> <\/p>\n Open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. <\/p>\n Hoover Recreation Center<\/b> <\/p>\n 1010 W 25th St.<\/p>\n Open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n 0.7 miles from USC<\/p>\n Ahmason Senior Center<\/b> <\/p>\n 3990 Bill Robertson Ln.<\/p>\n Open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n 0.5 miles from USC<\/p>\n Second Baptist Church<\/b> <\/p>\n 2412 Griffith Ave. <\/p>\n Open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. <\/p>\n 2 miles from USC<\/p>\n 24th Street Elementary School<\/b> <\/p>\n 2055 W 24th St.<\/p>\n Open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. <\/p>\n 2 miles from USC<\/p>\n Ballot Drop Off Box (ballot needs to be postmarked on or before Election Day)<\/b><\/p>\n USC Village<\/b> <\/p>\n Located next to the parking structure entrance <\/p>\n Ahmanson Senior Citizen Center<\/b> <\/p>\n 3990 Bill Robertson Ln.<\/p>\n 0.5 miles from USC<\/p>\n Los Angeles Trade-Technical College<\/b> <\/p>\n 400 W Washington Blvd.<\/p>\n 1.3 miles from USC<\/p>\n Denker Recreation Center<\/b> <\/p>\n 1550 W 35th Pl. <\/p>\n .9 miles from USC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"USC students have multiple options for casting their votes on or near campus in the upcoming California statewide…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":353762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[84561,1582,276,172903,172904,172905,2961,224,5337,115838,172907,11016,124697,171439,172906,333,172911,172910,172909,172908,172902],"class_list":{"0":"post-353761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-2025-elections","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-how-to-vote","12":"tag-how-to-vote-in-la","13":"tag-how-to-vote-near-usc","14":"tag-la","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-prop-50","18":"tag-south-la-voting","19":"tag-usc","20":"tag-usc-events","21":"tag-usc-village","22":"tag-usc-voting-centers","23":"tag-voting","24":"tag-what-am-i-voting-on","25":"tag-what-is-prop-50","26":"tag-where-can-college-students-vote","27":"tag-where-can-i-vote","28":"tag-where-to-vote"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115488542412763888","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}