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Los Angelesmayoral candidate Spencer Pratthas filed a formal complaint accusing incumbent Mayor Karen Bass of violating election laws by allegedly campaigning too close to a ballot drop box during early voting.
The complaint, sent Tuesday to the Los Angeles City Clerk’s Office, claims Bass engaged in illegal electioneering while encouraging voters to cast ballots ahead of the June primary.
Attorney Peter McNulty, representing Pratt’s campaign, alleged she appeared in social media videos “soliciting votes” and “holding signs asking voters to vote for her” near a polling place and ballot drop box.
The letter further claims Bass “flagrantly violated” both City of Los Angeles Election Code provisions and California election law, and notes a separate complaint has also been filed at the state level due to the seriousness of the alleged conduct.
The complaint argues those actions violated restrictions barring electioneering within 100 feet of voting locations, saying the mayor showed a “reckless disregard for the rule of law.”
“Karen Bass just violated election law here. She is so accustomed to breaking the law with no accountability, she even filmed herself doing it,” Spencer Pratt wrote on X while sharing the formal complaint and responding to a video Bass posted Monday.
Pratt also said he decided to file the complaint after reviewing what his campaign described as “clear, repeated, and publicly documented violations,” adding that the issue was not political messaging but “equal enforcement of election law regardless of office or status.”
In the video, she spoke with supporters and campaign volunteers canvassing on her behalf before later dropping off ballots alongside them.
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