Facebook ads can boost your posts, promote your page, send people to your website, raise attendance at your events, and more. If your Neighborhood Council has a Facebook page, running advertisements during elections is a great outreach strategy. If your Neighborhood Council does not have a Facebook Page, learn how to make one here. [...]
Learn what comes next for newly elected Neighborhood Council Board Members. Three days after an election, the preliminary results will be posted on your Neighborhood Council's Election page at EmpowerLA.org and will be updated with the Final Official Canvass of Votes when the election is certified. There are THREE days to resolve provisional ballots. For [...]
Increase voter turnout by giving your stakeholders clear, simple, and complete information about your upcoming Election. Here’s a guide to the Election essentials you can share and tips on the best way to share them. WHAT TO SHARE Your Election Homepage If you share just one thing with your voters, give them your Neighborhood Council’s [...]
Pop-Up Polls dramatically increase access to Neighborhood Council Elections, as voters who can't make the date or time of your regular Election Day may be able to make it to one of our mobile voting stations in your area. Here are this week's Pop-Up Polls: Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council Wednesday May 18th 3 pm - [...]
Long links eat up valuable space on printed flyers or in Twitter tweets. They’re also hard to remember if someone has to manually enter a URL they see in print or in a caption on a social media outlet like Instagram, which doesn’t allow clickable links. Avoid both issues by creating custom short links to [...]
Our mobile voting stations have been popping up all over the city with great results! Thanks to their excellent outreach and strategic planning, Downtown LA Neighborhood Council was able to get 646 people to vote early online, and some of their early voters cast their ballots at our Pop-Up Polls. Please help us spread the word [...]
Last Saturday night (5/7/16) Jay Handal, our Citywide Elections Administrator for the Neighborhood Council system, was the guest of radio show "Your Neighborhood Council" on AM870 The ANSWER. The show airs every Saturday night at 8pm. In this episode, Jay promotes Neighborhood Council elections and educates listeners on the Neighborhood Council system. Listen to the full audio clip [...]
If your Neighborhood Council is having online elections, you may register and vote at the Downtown Los Angeles City Hall Pop-Up Poll anytime from now up until your Neighborhood Council's Election Day. The EmpowerLA office Pop-Up Poll is open Monday through Friday, from 10 AM to 4 PM. Our address is below - pay us a visit, register, and [...]
When your Neighborhood Council holds meetings and events, it’s a good idea to let attendees know that they can get the latest Elections news for your Council if they sign up for your email list. Once you have those emails in hand, you can use NationBuilder to easily create and manage Elections-related events. If you [...]
It is important to file Election Challenges correctly and on time in order for them to be considered. Challenges may not be submitted via emails; phone calls; text messages; or verbal conversations. Instead, they must be filed online via the official form, located here: https://lacity.quickbase.com/db/bkke2xh4j?a=nwr The deadline for filing an Election Challenge is 5 pm [...]
