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What Candidates and Board Members Can (and Cannot) Do at the Polls

Volunteers are essential to a successful Election Day, and everyone's help is needed, and much-appreciated. Board Members and candidates make excellent election volunteers, because they have so much passion for their neighborhood. However, in order to avoid potential conflicts of interest, there are a few basic parameters Board Members and candidates must follow at the [...]

By |2016-04-27T17:57:35-07:00April 26th, 2016|Blog, Election Chairs, Neighborhood Council Elections|Comments Off on What Candidates and Board Members Can (and Cannot) Do at the Polls

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

Location, Location, Location

Location is everything for the 2016 Neighborhood Council Elections. As a Neighborhood Council Board, you are responsible for the following three steps: 1. Selecting an appropriate location - work with your IEA and make sure it's ADA compliant, has plenty of parking, and has sufficient room to support a large voter turnout 2. Reserving the [...]

By |2016-03-23T14:40:20-07:00March 23rd, 2016|Blog, Election Chairs, Neighborhood Council Elections|Comments Off on Location, Location, Location

Election Outreach

All Election Outreach that includes information on candidates must include all candidates. Board Outreach after Candidates Are Certified - Once the Final List of Certified Candidates has been issued by the City Clerk, if a Neighborhood Council releases a newsletter or conducts any outreach listing the names of any existing board members, who are also [...]

By |2016-03-16T18:06:38-07:00March 16th, 2016|Blog, Election Chairs, Neighborhood Council Elections|Comments Off on Election Outreach

Election Managers

Some Neighborhood Councils kickstart their Election Outreach Campaign by hiring an Election Manager to plan and execute successful Elections! Election Managers Lisa, Carrie-Ann, Michael, and Alexandra have enjoyed great success with Neighborhood Councils around the city. Collectively they have kicked off a fantastic cable and radio campaign, arranged artwork and direct mailers, set up social [...]

By |2016-03-02T18:19:49-08:00March 2nd, 2016|Blog, Election Chairs, Neighborhood Council Elections|Comments Off on Election Managers

Time Warner Cable Airtime

Congratulations to Regions One and Four! The Neighborhood Councils in these respective regions pulled their funds together to purchase more than 300 airtime slots through Time Warner Cable's television network. They will be advertising Neighborhood Council Elections throughout the valley by airing a 30-second, abridged version of Mayor Eric Garcetti's Neighborhood Council Elections Video. More [...]

By |2019-07-08T11:14:15-07:00February 4th, 2016|Election Chairs, Neighborhood Council Elections|Comments Off on Time Warner Cable Airtime

Is Your Website Working Overtime?

Have you updated your Neighborhood Council website so that it is easy for stakeholders to find Election information? If not, you should work on that easy strategy. The first button on your Neighborhood Council page should be to lead your stakeholders to the exclusive EmpowerLA Election page for YOUR Neighborhood Council. And...hyperlink the ELECTIONS icon [...]

By |2019-07-08T11:14:26-07:00December 22nd, 2015|Blog, Election Chairs, Neighborhood Council Elections|Comments Off on Is Your Website Working Overtime?

Top 5 Guidelines Every Election Chair Must Know

The Election Chair will be busy mastering the details of their Neighborhood Council election. There are several documents, manuals, and guidelines each Neighborhood Council Election Chair should know so that their election is held with transparency, fairness, and legitimacy. Top 5 Document List: Neighborhood Council 2016 Election Manual Candidate Guidelines  Acceptable Forms of Documentation Your [...]

By |2019-07-08T11:14:27-07:00December 16th, 2015|Blog, Election Chairs, Neighborhood Council Elections|Comments Off on Top 5 Guidelines Every Election Chair Must Know

Empowered Elections

Now is the time for the Election Chairs to connect with their Independent Election Administrators and to get in sync on the details of the upcoming Neighborhood Council election. Election Chairs should confirm the bylaws, the map(s), the stip sheet, and be able to verify the number of seats up for election, documentation or self-affirmation, [...]

By |2019-07-08T11:14:34-07:00December 9th, 2015|Blog, Election Chairs, Neighborhood Council Elections|Comments Off on Empowered Elections