[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Major Variola ret) writes: > Background: its illegal to post campaign info within N metres of > a polling booth. So what does this judge do? He requires election > officials to post names of write-ins. Why? Because the incumbent is > charged with pedo crimes, but still running. As discovered by someone > who cracked into the incumbent's computer. The post being voted for is > itself a judgeship. Curiouser and curiouser. > > ORANGE COUNTY O.C. Write-In Candidates Get Boost in Court Election: > Voters are to be made aware at polling places they can get a list of > names. Opponents of indicted Superior Court judge hail the ruling. > > By JACK LEONARD and MONTE MORIN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS > > In a highly unusual ruling, an Orange County judge on Friday sided > with challengers to Superior Court Judge Ronald C. Kline and ordered > election officials to post signs at polling places alerting voters > that they can receive a list of write-in candidates. > > The ruling gives a significant boost to write-in candidates, who are > traditionally longshots because their names don't appear on ballots. > County attorneys said they cannot recall such a step ever being taken. > > <snip> > >http://latimes.com/editions/orange/la-000015629mar02.story?coll=la%2Deditions%2Dorange
