Opinion: Hurry up! Tuesday deadline to vote by mail!

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Your clueless friends and neighbors are waiting for November to vote, which means your ballot in the June 3 election will count for a heck of a lot more. Turnout is expected to be very low, so if you show up, you can run the state. But you don’t even have to show up. You can vote by mail -- if you meet the Tuesday, May 27 deadline for a mail ballot.

Some candidates and initiative campaigns send you forms you can fill out and send to the Los Angeles County registrar, or you can use the form on your sample ballot.

Or you can apply electronically for your vote-by-mail ballot here.

Prefer doing it old-school, casting your ballot on voting day at the polling place? Find the right garage, church basement or elementary school auditorium by filling in your address here.

And check in often at the Times’ Vote-o-rama site for endorsements and the latest bulletins, news and opinion on the June 3, November 4, and even the March 2009 elections.