Comments on: California Write-in Case Goes to State Court of Appeals http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/08/23/california-write-in-case-goes-to-state-court-of-appeals/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=5532 By: Dave Kadlecek http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/08/23/california-write-in-case-goes-to-state-court-of-appeals/comment-page-1/#comment-13525 Dave Kadlecek Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:12:00 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/08/23/california-write-in-case-goes-to-state-court-of-appeals/#comment-13525 According to the State Court of Appeals website, the petition was summarily dismissed by Presiding Judge Scotland on August 23rd. Unless there are further appeals planned soon, I suppose that means that the five candidates (the Republican who filed the case, the three Democrats who attempted to intervene, and one Peace and Freedom candidate) who would have won nomination if the decision were overturned will not appear on the November 2006 ballot, but with no published opinion no binding precedent has been set. According to the State Court of Appeals website, the petition was summarily dismissed by Presiding Judge Scotland on August 23rd.

Unless there are further appeals planned soon, I suppose that means that the five candidates (the Republican who filed the case, the three Democrats who attempted to intervene, and one Peace and Freedom candidate) who would have won nomination if the decision were overturned will not appear on the November 2006 ballot, but with no published opinion no binding precedent has been set.

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