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The primary election is on Tuesday.

Do you still need to vote?

Our voter game plan series can help you navigate the key races across SoCal. Listen now on Imperfect Paradise, a weekly news magazine from LA is.

Welcome back to Imperfect Paradise. I'm Nereida Moreno.

The primary election is next Tuesday.

All month long, we've been bringing you our voter game plan series to help you be as informed as possible to vote.

Now that we're just a few days away from Election Day, we're bringing back the first episode in our series,

an overview of the key races to watch in Southern California.

Plus, we'll cover frequently asked voter questions about the election.

So if you don't know yet how you'll vote, this episode is for you.

Joining us now with LA's Community Engagement Senior Producer Brianna Lee.

Hey, Brianna.

Hi, Noreta.

Brianna, you've covered nearly every election since you've been here at LASD over the past decade,

including writing parts of our voter game plan guides. What can readers expect from the guide for the upcoming primaries? Well, LAS always aims to have the most comprehensive and useful voter guides in the region.

That's been our goal for many, many years now.

So we've been working really, really hard to deliver on that again this year.

So we're going to have guides to dozens of races across Southern California covering races at the federal level, the state level, the county level, and the local city level.

And ultimately, how can the guide help voters navigate these primary elections?

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