EARLY START: Registration is over for the...

EARLY START: Registration is over for the Nov. 3 election, but a new Latino group called VIP is busy with future registrations. Its three-year drive to boost Latino registration kicks off Friday night at the Anaheim Marriott with actor Edward James Olmos. . . . VIP leader Ruben Smith, a Newport Beach lawyer, says it’s targeting two groups: 200,000-plus Latinos not yet registered, and another 200,000 eligible for citizenship in three years.