Low Voter Turnout in Election for Congressional Seat

Voters have been turning out in small numbers Tuesday to choose their candidate for the vacant seat in the 36th Congressional District, officials said.

As of 4 p.m., approximately 7.6 percent of the 345,232 registered voters in the district that stretches from Venice to San Pedro had voted, said Eileen Shea, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's office.

There were no reports of weather-related problems or any voting irregularities, Shea said.