Why was the League of Women Voters asked to be the founder?
The League is a political, nonpartisan organization with a long history of working to encourage citizen participation in government. The League believes that citizens are more inclined to become informed and to vote in a political process that is honest, fair and ethical. What is the Commission’s relationship to the League of Women Voters? The League promotes the Commission and provides staff support, but the Commission’s decisions and actions are taken totally independent of the League. How does the Commission work? Several weeks before the election, a copy of the Commission’s Election Complaint Procedures is sent to all candidates for citywide office and for district seats at the local, state or federal level that are subject to election by Los Angeles voters. Candidates who think that their opponent has breached the standards of campaign ethics set forth in the Commission’s Mission Statement can submit a “complaint” to the Commission. The opponent is provided an opportunity to rebut
