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Neighborhood council holds DIY election

Los Feliz: Many blamed a complicated, city-run mail-in ballot process for the low turnout in this year's neighborhood council elections, which were held without polling places for in-person voting.

But the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council attracted more voters than other nearby councils by holding its own election in-person, and paying for it with its own funds -- a little more tha $7,000, according to Celine Vacher, a spokesperson for the council.

Los Feliz hired a neutral third party to manage the ballot counting. The voting event at the Elysian Masonic Lodge parking lot last month was spiced up with a block party, a blood drive, a food drive, and other attractions.

The result was 381 total ballots, more than all the ballots

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