California Legislative Candidate Disqualified from Primary Ballot Because Circulator Wrote in the Address of Some of the Petition Signers

Earnest Ray Calhoon, a Democrat running for California Assembly, 79th district, has been disqualified from the June primary ballot because of a supposed flaw with his petition. Candidates for legislature in California need 40 signatures to get on a primary ballot. Some of the signers for Calhoon let the circulator fill in the address blank, instead of doing it themselves. Calhoon has filed a state court lawsuit to get back on the ballot. Calhoon v Weber, 26WM000063, Sacramento Superior Court.


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California Legislative Candidate Disqualified from Primary Ballot Because Circulator Wrote in the Address of Some of the Petition Signers — 4 Comments

  1. The rule on California petitions has always been everything in the signers own hand as far as I remember.

  2. States need to make ballot qualification more “fees-able”, and less dependent on petition filing.

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