On Tuesday May 26, former reality tv star turned mayoral candidate in the upcoming June 2 Primary, Spencer Pratt accused Mayor Karen Bass of illegal electioneering. Pratt, through his attorney, filed an official complaint with the Los Angeles City Clerk Patrice Lattimore.
The move stems from a recent video Pratt saw of Bass, in which she appeared to be campaigning near a ballot drop box. In the video –shared by her campaign– Bass met with supporters as they dropped off ballots at a drop box. He took to social media with a post that said , “Karen Bass just violated election law here. She is so accustomed to breaking the law with no accountability, she even filmed herself doing it.” He also said, “Well those days are over. We just filed a formal complaint for illegally gaming the election.”
According to state law, candidates are not allowed to campaign within 100 feet of a polling place. 1. The state law also says that candidates cannot participate in any form of electioneering, speaking to voters, or soliciting votes from voters in regard to their ballot within their designated polling area.
The video that Pratt claims is election-eering was posted as a campaign video by Bass’ campaign team, to her X account (formerly known as Twitter). Mayor Bass responded to Pratt’s claims on social media and said “Spencer is just mad that his sup-porters are AI cartoons and we have real Angelenos. We follow the rules.”
Bass’ campaign team also confirmed that the video that Pratt referred to was filmed in two locations. In the part of the video where campaign signs are shown, the signs are more than 200 feet away from a ballot box, according to Deadline.
The June 2 Primary is one week away. The main candidates that are leading contenders within the mayoral race for Los Angeles are Mayor Karen Bass, Spen-cer Pratt, Councilwoman Nitya Raman, business tech executive Adam Miller, and housing advocate Rae Huang. The top two candidates will battle one another if no candidate receives 50 percent of the vote in the June 2 primary.
