Board of Affirmation and Loss of Quorum: If a Neighborhood Council fails to register enough candidates to have a competitive race, i.e. there is only one (1) candidate for each of the open seats, the election is cancelled, and the candidates are seated by Board Affirmation. The candidates will be seated at the Neighborhood Council’s next regular meeting after the Final List of Certified Candidates has been released by the City Clerk. The outgoing board shall prepare an agenda where the first agenda item shall be the Board Affirmation by EmpowerLA, and the second agenda item shall be the election of the board Executive Officers if applicable. The candidates for the open board seats will be seated at the meeting by EmpowerLA. If there is not a regular meeting within thirty (30) days after the final verified candidate list has been released, then the outgoing board or EmpowerLA will hold a special meeting within fifteen (15) days after the release of the list instead to affirm the board. If there are not enough candidates to constitute a quorum of the Neighborhood Council board, then the Board Affirmation will also be cancelled, and the Department will apply the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners Loss of Quorum Policy to seat a new board.