This article was originally published by Boyle Heights Beat , a nonprofit newsroom of the L.A. Local News Initiative serving Boyle Heights and East L.A., on October 6.

Boyle Heights residents seeking to vote in person in the Nov. 4 special election will have to travel to East Los Angeles, Downtown L.A., or another Eastside neighborhood for the nearest vote center, as no polling place will be located in their community.

Community groups raise the alarm

The news has alarmed local organizers, including InnerCity Struggle, a Boyle Heights-based group that conducts voter outreach in the Eastside. Members of the organization discovered the community’s lack of vote centers last Friday while reviewing the L.A. County Vote Centers map .

"It creates additional and unnecessary challe

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