Seven vote centers are open starting today across San Diego’s South Bay for the upcoming special election where voters will decide who they want to fill the vacant District 1 county supervisor seat. The centers will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through the date of the special election — and the final day to vote — on April 8. Thirteen additional vote centers will be open across the district on election day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters can also submit their ballot at one of the 29 drop boxes that have been open since March 11 or vote in person at the San Diego County Registrar of Voters offices in Kearny Mesa, open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Seven candidates are running for the seat vacated by former District 1 Supervisor Nora Vargas, who announced in December that she would not serve the second term to which she’d just been elected. Whoever is elected will serve out the remainder of the four-year term, which ends in January 2029. The District 1 supervisor represents the cities of Chula Vista, National City and Imperial Beach, the San Diego neighborhoods of Nestor, San Ysidro and Barrio Logan, and the unincorporated areas of Bonita and Spring Valley. The outcome could be determined after the April 8 primary if any one of the seven candidates wins more than 50% of the votes cast. Otherwise, the top two candidates from the primary will move on to a special general election to be held on July 1. Voters who wanted to receive a ballot in the mail had to register to vote by Monday. But they can still conditionally register in person at a vote center to participate in the special election. The seven centers now open are located at the Bonita-Sunnyside Branch Library, Chula Vista City Hall, West View Elementary School, the Mountain View Community Center, the San Ysidro Senior Center, the Spring Valley Community Center and the county’s South Region Public Health Center in Chula Vista. Only voters who live in District 1 are eligible to vote in the special election. They can find a full list of voting locations, as well as check their voter registration status and determine which district they live in, at sdvote.com. ...read more read less