NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL ELECTION CHALLENGE
Please note that all information submitted in this challenge is considered public information.

All challenges must be received by the Department no later than five (5) calendar days after the election date. (Deadline is 5pm on the 5th calendar day)

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04-07-16
Yes  
Stuart M. Miller
The Stuart M. Miller Co.
11684 Ventura Boulevard-#225, Los Angeles, California 91604

(818) 506-6067
Electioneering by candidates
In keeping with the language of the Election Manual, pages 27 and 28, I hereby challenge the Studio City Neighborhood Council election of April 7, 2016 on the following basis:  That I personally witnessed prohibited electioneering by candidates Eric Preven, Patrice Berlin (and others I cannot identify) in and around the polling place, including the room where votes were actually cast, during the time the poll was open, and that it was carried out at such a high level of volume and intensity that the supervisor of the election proceedings,  Stephen Box, had to attempt to remove them from the polling place with equally loud shouts and language.  That said, it appeared that several stakeholders waiting in line to vote became disgusted or intimidated by the outbursts and left the building without voting.
 
Witnesses to these incidents include, but are not limited to, the following persons, and I believe some or all of them have their own observations to share:

Jane Drucker
Heidi Holicker
James Kellem
Mike Lewis, LAPD
Judy Price
 
Note that #5 in the Election Challenges section of the manual reads "The supporting documentation must prove that the alleged challenge is not only valid, but would also have made a difference in the election outcome."  I'm not sure how that criterion can be met unless one has photographic documentation showing the guilty parties causing, by their actions, people to leave the poll without voting, which I do not have, but my witnesses and many other attendees definitely observed and can testify to the cited prohibited behavior.
 
I voted  in the following categories; AT LARGE, RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNER, BUSINESS OWNER and COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATION member and presented the necessary documentation at the polling place.  I've attached copies of each form of documentation I used that day, slightly redacted for my protection due to DONE's earlier gross breech of security in making public other stakeholders' personal information. 
 
In my opinion, the two candidates I've named disqualified themselves by their clear failure to observe the rules of the election; their eligibility for board seats should be rescinded. This particular category, Employee/Independent Contractor, is comprised of only two seats; if  either or both of candidates Preven and Berlin are disqualified, the candidates with the next highest vote count in that category would be elected.  Therefore this challenge meets test #5 of the Elections Challenges section, i.e., that the challenge "would have made a difference in the election outcome.” 
 

Disqualify the guilty candidates and revise the election results in that category appropriately

NOTE:  I SUBMITTED MY CHALLENGE STATEMENT AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION TO EMPOWERLA BY EMAIL AT 4:51 PM PDT.  ONLY AFTERWARDS DID I SEE THIS "CHALLENGE PROCESS" INFORMATION.  I BELIEVE MY ON TIME SUBMISSION TO EMPOWERLA SHOULD BE HONORED.
Witness Information
ALL of your Witness information and Witness Statement needs to be included at this time. The Department will ONLY accept and review Witness information included at time of submission. You may have up to three (3) Witness Statements.
You can find the Witness Statement form here.
Witness 1 Contact Information
Jane
Drucker
(818) 571-4931
Witness 2 Contact Information
Heidi
Hollicker
(818) 762-0706
Witness 3 Contact Information
James
Kellem
(818) 980-2093
 
Attach all supporting documentation
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Signature
I affirm that I am a stakeholder in this Neighborhood Council who voted in the election and I have personal knowledge of the following challenge.
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Staff Response
Sustained
05-10-16
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