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Outreach Best Practices: Election Promo Video Idea from Canoga Park NC

Canoga Park Neighborhood Council shot a very engaging series of videos from their local EmpowerLA bus bench to promote their recent Elections, and you can follow their lead by making an Election video series of your own. Some of the Canoga Park videos - like this one on their Facebook page - had signage showing [...]

By |2019-07-08T11:13:46-07:00April 26th, 2016|Blog, Election Chairs, Neighborhood Council Elections, Outreach, Outreach Chairs|Comments Off on Outreach Best Practices: Election Promo Video Idea from Canoga Park NC

Electioneering & Nextdoor

Nextdoor is a great tool for promoting Neighborhood Council elections, but you must take care to use it correctly to avoid problems with electioneering. Individual candidates may not be promoted via a Neighborhood Council's official Nextdoor account, unless ALL candidates are being promoted equally and in a random order. Additionally, a Nextdoor account that belongs to a [...]

By |2019-07-08T11:13:47-07:00April 26th, 2016|Blog, Election Chairs, How-To, Outreach, Outreach Chairs|Comments Off on Electioneering & Nextdoor

Qualifying Documents

Voters ask "What documents do I need to show in order to vote?" Voters at Neighborhood Councils that are self-affirmation do not need to show any documents in order to vote, they merely self-affirm their identity and qualification to vote on the registration form. Voters at Neighborhood Councils that are self-affirmation with Online Voting must [...]

By |2019-07-08T11:13:50-07:00April 19th, 2016|Blog, Election Chairs, Neighborhood Council Elections, Online Voting, Outreach Chairs, uncategorised|Comments Off on Qualifying Documents

Endorsements

Neighborhood Council Board Members can endorse candidates in Neighborhood Council elections IF it is clear that the person listing his/her title is doing so solely for identification purposes. For example, a Board Member could send an email from a personal and private email address saying... "Hey neighbors, my name is John Smith and you may [...]

By |2019-07-08T11:14:01-07:00March 16th, 2016|Blog, Neighborhood Council Elections, Outreach Chairs|Comments Off on Endorsements

Election Outreach Expense Process

Neighborhood Councils must have an Approved Elections Budget with general expense descriptions, preferably in detailed amounts, so Treasurers can process payments and the Election and Outreach Committees can move quickly to make the Election Outreach effective. If a Neighborhood Council has an election expense over $2500, submit the following to EmpowerLA.funding@LACity.org and you will receive [...]

By |2016-03-02T18:05:35-08:00March 2nd, 2016|Blog, Neighborhood Council Elections, Outreach Chairs|Comments Off on Election Outreach Expense Process

EmpowerLA Scavenger Hunt!

Help us find all the bus benches, bus shelters, and pole banners we've put up in the Valley! Last week, Corrine Ho, president of Canoga Park Neighborhood Council, found one of the bus benches we put up to promote elections. The one seen in the photo (taken from Corrine Ho's Facebook) is for Canoga Park Neighborhood [...]

By |2016-02-18T16:25:00-08:00February 18th, 2016|Blog, Neighborhood Council Elections, Outreach Chairs|Comments Off on EmpowerLA Scavenger Hunt!

New! Elections Facebook and Twitter

The 2016 Elections Team wanted to offer Neighborhood Councils an election-focused social media resource for you to tap into throughout the election season. Accessing both the Elections’ Twitter and Facebook accounts every day, you’ll find helpful outreach and elections information to share with your stakeholders. Follow ElectionsLA on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ElectionsLA Follow ElectionsLA on Facebook [...]

By |2019-07-08T11:14:23-07:00January 6th, 2016|Blog, Neighborhood Council Elections, Outreach Chairs|Comments Off on New! Elections Facebook and Twitter

New! “What It Means to be a Candidate” Video

In less than 3:33 minutes, inquisitive community members interested in running for a local Neighborhood Council board seat can learn about what to expect. How? It's all in an easy-to-understand YouTube video: https://youtu.be/UngU30nRMGA By sharing the YouTube video link in blog articles and social media posts, this newly created animated video will inform [...]

By |2019-07-08T11:14:25-07:00December 22nd, 2015|Blog, Neighborhood Council Elections, Outreach Chairs|Comments Off on New! “What It Means to be a Candidate” Video

Empowered Sig Files

One of the simplest ways to get your Boardmembers in sync with the Election message is to generate Email Signature files that are loaded with specific instructions and links that lead all email recipients to your Neighborhood Council election pages. Attached is a sample sig file for Region 1 that has links leading to the [...]

By |2019-07-08T11:14:32-07:00December 9th, 2015|Blog, Neighborhood Council Elections, Outreach Chairs|Comments Off on Empowered Sig Files