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Spencer Pratt Demands Investigation into Karen Bass for “Flagrant Violations” of Election Laws After Campaign Video Shows Illegal Electioneering (VIDEO)

Karen Bass engages with supporters at a campaign event, surrounded by enthusiastic crowd members holding signs and pamphlets.

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt, incumbent Mayor Karen Bass’s closest rival in the June 2nd open primary election, has filed a formal complaint with the Los Angeles City Clerk alleging that Bass violated election laws by campaigning near a ballot drop box.

In the complaint, Pratt’s attorney, Peter McNulty, blasted Bass for “flagrantly violat[ing] State of California and City of Los Angeles election laws by engaging in illegal electioneering.”

According to California state law, illegal electioneering is “the visible display or audible dissemination of information that advocates for or against any candidate or measure on the ballot within the 100 foot limit specified in subdivision.” This includes “obstructing access to, loitering near, or disseminating visible or audible electioneering information at vote by mail ballot drop boxes.” The city of Los Angeles has a similar law on the books.

This complaint comes after Bass made a campaign video, allegedly soliciting votes with supporters holding signs within 100 feet of a dropbox, which McNulty describes as “blatant electioneering directly near a polling place and drop box location.”

Supporters in the video are further seen disseminating audible electioneering information by chanting “Four more years” as Bass places her mail-in ballot in the drop box. Bass is also heard shouting at the voters as they cast their ballots, “One more vote to win!”

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“As evidenced in her own social media posts,’ Karen Bass has violated the law by soliciting votes, holding signs asking voters to vote for her, describing the qualifications/ process of casting a ballot, and engaging in blatant electioneering directly near a polling place and drop box location,” the complaint argues.

“Due to the fact that ballots are already being cast during Early Voting, Election Day should be broadly construed here. Indeed, it isn’t just a matter of Karen Bass being too close, but rather that she shows herself and others directly submitting her ballots into drop boxes all while electioneering, soliciting votes and promoting such activity all over social media. Such clear violations of electioneering restrictions show a reckless disregard for the rule of law and an apparent belief that she need not comply with relevant restrictions that apply to all other candidates.”

The complaint continues, “This sort of activity in such close proximity to voters has the potential to intimidate and improperly influence voters; which is exactly why these laws and restrictions are in place to begin with. What good are these provisions if not enforced? Angelenos deserve better and we respectfully insist that you not only investigate these clear violations or the law, but prosecute these infractions to the furthest degree.”

Pratt called Bass out for the blatant law violation and the audacity to film herself doing it to make a campaign video, sharing the full complaint.

“Karen Bass just violated election law here,” he wrote on X on Tuesday.

“She is so accustomed to breaking the law with no accountability, she even filmed herself doing it. Well, those days are over. We just filed a formal complaint for illegally gaming the election. We must protect our democracy.”

The post continued, “Electioneering within 100 feet of a ballot box is AGAINST THE LAW. Soliciting votes at a ballot box is AGAINST THE LAW. These clear violations show a reckless disregard for the rule of law and our democratic process. Someone in a position of power should be especially respectful of our democratic laws, but this is just emblematic of Karen’s mafia-like regime. It’s ‘rules for thee, but not for me’.”

Bass responded to the accusation with a bizarre attack, writing, “Spencer is just mad that his supporters are AI cartoons and we have real Angelenos. We follow the rules.”

Bass spokesperson Alex Stack further told Fox News, “his complaint is blatantly false. There were two locations filmed for this video, one 200+ feet away from the ballot box (with signs) and one next to the ballot box (no signs).”

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