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EDC adopts standardized candidate evaluation form and requires sequential rankings
Summary
After months of ad hoc ballots, the EDC voted to standardize its candidate ranking and ballot validation process and added a requirement that ranking numbers be sequential. The committee secretary will validate ballots and can request corrections.
The Hollywood Park EDC adopted a standardized candidate evaluation procedure on Nov. 4 intended to bring consistency to ranking applicants for board openings.
Board members debated ballot format and whether ballots that fail to rank all candidates or that skip ranking numbers should be invalidated or returned for correction. One board member urged the requirement that ballots be filled in sequentially: "you have to start with 1 and go sequentially down," the member said. Members also discussed whether incumbents should or could vote for themselves; the group left that practice allowed but cautioned how it could affect point totals.
The final motion to adopt the procedure included a clarifying amendment that ranking must be sequential. The chair called the vote and recorded, "Aye," and the motion carried. The adopted protocols also direct the committee secretary to validate submitted ballots against the rules and request corrections where a ballot manifests a rule infraction.
Why this matters: Standardizing the evaluation and ballot process aims to reduce inconsistent rankings, make recommendations more defensible to City Council and improve transparency for future appointment cycles.
What happens next: The committee secretary will begin using the new evaluation form and validate ballots under the new rules in the next appointment round. Board members discussed adding clarifying language that ballots must include all candidates and begin at 1 without gaps.
