Los Angeles County election officials have addressed claims that a number of Hollywood celebrities may have registered to vote using a business location instead of their home addresses.
“Our office has received and reviewed recent queries regarding voter registration records and this address,” a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk told The Post.
“Under California law, voters must register at the address they identify as their domicile or residence. The subject address is classified as both commercial and residential.”
The Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office said it cannot reject a voter registration application simply because the listed address appears to be a business or another unconventional residential location, as long as the filing satisfies all other legal requirements.
Celebrities including Jennifer Aniston, Jenna Dewan and Nicollette Sheridan were reportedly registered to vote at the address of a West Hollywood financial management office rather than at their personal residences.
The Daily Mail reported that 36 voters were tied to Suite 600 in a Sunset Boulevard building used by financial adviser Michael Ullman and his company, Platinum Financial Management.
“If a voter attests under penalty of perjury that an address constitutes their residence or domicile, and the registration otherwise meets legal requirements, the registration must be processed,” the spokesperson added, saying the office was “reviewing these records based on the query received to assess whether those protocols are applicable.”
According to the report, the registrations identified the office address as the voters’ residence, not merely as a mailing address.
Among the celebrities identified were Katheryn Winnick, Laura Harrier, Matt Czuchry, Debbie Gibson and Hamish Linklater.
Ullman said he was aware some celebrity clients used the office for mail purposes but disputed any suggestion that they lived there.
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“They don’t live here,” Ullman told the outlet. “It’s just a mailing address, but it’s not their residential address. So it gets mailed here, but they voted in their area.”
“The existence of multiple voter registrations at a particular address does not, by itself, indicate an issue with the voter registration process,” the county registrar said. “Based on representation that voters may be registered at a non-residential address, we have protocols to review and seek confirmation.”
According to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s FAQ page, a person may only register to vote at their place of residence. A business address or P.O. Box may be used only as a mailing address.
The report alleges several high-profile celebrities may have listed their managers’ business addresses as their primary residences on voter registration forms, a practice that could potentially constitute perjury if the address was not their actual residence and could affect the jurisdiction in which they voted.
“Hollywood celebrities have spent years lecturing America about the sanctity of democracy and the importance of every vote.
“Now we learn that dozens of them couldn’t be bothered to follow the most basic rule of voter registration: sign your name and state the truth about where you live,” election expert Matt Klink told The Post.
The outlet also reported that none of the 36 registrants associated with the office appeared to have confidentiality exemptions that would shield their home addresses from public records.
The California Post has not independently reviewed the voter registration records cited by the Daily Mail.
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