July 13, 2006

'Recall signatures properly disqualified, judge rules'

"The Registrar of Voters Office acted reasonably when it disqualified thousands of signatures on recall petitions against all seven Capistrano Unified trustees, a judge ruled Tuesday.

The decision means that an election to recall the school board is off, barring a successful legal appeal.

Superior Court Judge Michael Brenner ruled that the registrar of voters was abiding by the California Elections Code when it reviewed more than 177,000 signatures gathered in support of the recall.

In December, the registrar declared about 35 percent of those signatures deficient, many because the signer did not personally write his or her address as required by law."

The story is here.

Posted by Randy Riddle at July 13, 2006 10:42 AM