Elections

Here's how to ride free on Metro for Election Day 

Ballot drop boxes are positioned next to nine Metro stops

A new vote-by-mail drop box for the California gubernatorial recall election is seen in the Mariachi Plaza Metro station in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, August 18, 2021. The recall election seeking to remove California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) will take place on September 14, 2021. Forty-six candidates, including nine Democrats and 24 Republicans, are running in the election. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

The Los Angeles Metro will be giving free rides on Election Day to encourage voting and increase access to vote centers and ballot dropboxes. 

Metro buses, trains, bikes and rideshares will be free on Nov. 5 for the entire day. 

There are nine ballot drop boxes along the Metro line for voters to turn in their mail-in ballot. 

Those are at Union Station, El Monte Bus Transit Center, Harbor Gateway Transit Center, Harbor Freeway C Line, Hollywood/Western B Line, North Hollywood B Line, Norwalk C Line, Westlake/MacArthur Park B & D Lines and Wilshire/Vermont B & D Lines. 

There will also be an in-person voting station at Union Station on Nov. 5 opening at 8 a.m. and closing at 8 p.m. 

Bikes will be free for 30 minute rides when using the promo code 110524 and Metro Micro, a rideshare service, will offer free rides with the code Vote24 for short distance trips in 8 areas of LA County. 

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