There are several visible signs that the city of Los Angeles is stepping up security ahead of Election Day.
If you look around downtown L.A., fencing and barriers have been placed around critical buildings like the federal courthouse and LAPD headquarters.
Mayor Karen Bass assures KNX News' Craig Fiegener that there are currently no threats of any kind, but "We are prepared for anything that might happen."
An alert went out Monday morning to all LAPD sworn officers that they must report for duty starting at 6:00 AM Tuesday, with exceptions only for undercover officers.
Mayor Bass said her office is also working closely with their county partners, "especially the sheriff's office [as] the sheriffs are responsible for collecting all the ballots."
Bass said, "I believe we'll have a nice, peaceful election day," but "the election, especially on the presidential level, will not be decided by [Tuesday] night."
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While some may view the delay in results as a flaw in the system, Bass said delay does not mean fraud or corruption, calling our voting system "the safest, most accurate voting system in the world."
The mayor said she will spend time on Mondays in meetings with state and federal officials, where the topic is Election Day security.
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