Eric Swalwell Tentatively Wins Residency Lawsuit

On March 20, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Shelleyanne Chang issued a tentative decision in Gilbert v Weber, 26WM000011. This is the case filed by a voter who alleges that the California Secretary of State has a duty to determine if Congressman Eric Swalwell meets the California Constitutional requirement of five years residence in California in order to run for Governor.

Here is the ruling, which says that the Secretary of State does not have a duty to investigate duration of residency requirements.

The decision takes no position on whether the U.S. Constitution bars California from having a duration of residency requirement in its state Constitution. UPDATE: see this news story about the decision.


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Eric Swalwell Tentatively Wins Residency Lawsuit — 10 Comments

  1. A more reasonable criteria for voting or serving in office would be five generations of continuous residence and property ownership in a local area, among other things. Not five years.

  2. Who all does he plan to gas? Will they be using Zyklon B again, or something else this time?

  3. A relationship or quid pro quo of some sort at least passes a quid pro quo test, although there could be other explanations for the ruling which are not mutually exclusive.

  4. Q, maybe he just has a lot of flatulence. Methane is in far greater supply than Zyklon B.

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