Candidate Pushes for Judge’s Withdrawal
A lawyer who launched a write-in campaign against an Orange County judge accused of child molestation has filed court papers supporting the jurist’s bid to withdraw from the general election.
Attorney Gay Sandoval, the runner-up among write-in candidates in the March 5 primary, argued in the court filing this week that voters will be penalized unless Judge Ronald C. Kline is allowed to drop his reelection bid.
Sandoval also argued that if Kline is allowed to drop out, the Nov. 5 election should feature the two highest voter-getters among write-in candidates: Dana Point attorney John Adams, who finished first in the election, and Sandoval.
A Los Angeles County judge is to decide the matter April 24.
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