Kimberly Ellis, center, narrowly lost her bid for California Democratic Party chairperson. Lawyers are now involved in the California Democratic Party’s election of a new chairperson. Los Angeles County Democratic Party Chairman Eric Bauman won a razor-thin victory Saturday to be elected the party’s next chairman, beating rival Kimberly Ellis by just more than 60 votes, according to the state party. “We’re going to have Eric Bauman’s lawyer meet with the Democratic Party lawyer and Kimberly’s lawyer and let them figure it out,” the outgoing party chairman, John Burton, said Sunday morning. “They could be meeting as we speak.”Burton said some Ellis supporters alleged that delegate ballots may have been counted twice.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 21, 2017 15:11 UTC