Could be late night for LA

From the LA County Registrar/Recorder's website:

An estimated two million voters have visited 4,394 polling places in Los Angeles County today. The polling places were staffed by 26,278 dedicated poll workers serving voters from 7:00 A.M. this morning until 8:00 P.M. tonight.

Voter turnout today was extremely heavy and polling places are staying open until the last voter in line at 8:00 P.M. has been allowed to vote. Actual poll closings tonight may be as late as 9:00 P.M. or later. The delay in poll closing and the transportation of ballots to the central counting facility will delay the reporting of election results.

At the end of voting today the polling place staff must perform closing procedures that include counting the number of voted ballots and voter signatures signed in the roster, they must pack up voting booths, voting devices and voting supplies. Voted ballots are placed in a designated red box, secured with a special seal which is signed by the two senior poll workers. All of the polling place materials are then transported by two or more poll workers to a nearby central check-in center, typically a city hall or public building, where the individually sealed red ballot boxes are placed in a special fireproof bag for final transport to the central counting facility by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department.

Your patience is greatly appreciated while polling places perform their orderly closing procedures, ballots are safely transported to the central tally site and processed for vote tabulation.