Neighborhood Councils Urge City Hall To Allow Online Voting - Los Angeles News - LA Daily:
Faced with generally abysmal voter turnout, a handful of neighborhood councils are trying to allow their 'stakeholders' to vote online or by phone.
But "American Idol"-style balloting has few fans at the City Clerk's office, which is in charge of running 89 neighborhood council elections between March and May.
"It's not going to happen," said Holly Wolcott, the clerk's executive officer. "The ship is already in motion."
The idea got started in Silver Lake - home to one of the more nettlesome councils - and has since spread to East Hollywood and the Pico council, in the Mid-City area. Everyone Counts, a San Diego-based e-voting firm, would set up a website that stakeholders could use to cast their ballots. For those without computers could vote over the phone. The cost per council would run about $10,000.
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