Cerritos Voters: “Better Late Than Never”

During the final hours before the polls closed for the Cerritos City Council Municipal Election, residents like Troy Walters made it a point to exercise his right to vote even after a long work day. 

Walters voted shortly after 7 p.m. at the  polling location. 

“I had to work all day, but I made sure I made it out here to vote," he said. "It’s that important.” 

Other last minute voters echoed his sentiments.

“Yep, better late than never,” resident Ed McCall said a little after 6:30 p.m. as he walked out of the polling place at . “I’ve been voting last minute for years, there’s no hurry,” he said.

“I’ve lived in Cerritos for a long time and you have to vote so that our living standards can stay the same," he said adding that voting is "a resident’s civic duty.” 

But McCall wasn’t the only voter at Liberty Park to submit a vote before the polls closed at 8 p.m. Denise Daniels, who said she has been a Cerritos resident for 10 years, exited the polling place a few minutes after McCall. 

“I was in and out in less than 30 minutes. There were only a few people in line," she said.

"That’s the good thing about voting later in the day. I ran my errands during the day, had dinner, and then came out to vote.”

Poll workers at the said they had a great voter turnout, handing out roughly 400 ballots throughout the day.