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A Costa Mesa resident announced her decision Thursday to launch a

write-in campaign against Orange County Superior Court Judge Ronald

Kline, who was charged earlier this month with possessing child

pornography.

Gay Geiser-Sandoval said she had planned to seek judgeship during the

March elections, when four judges are expected to retire.

“This is going to be a tough campaign,” she said.

A write-in candidate’s name does not appear on the ballot, so voters

will have to remember to write her name and vote Kline out of office,

Geiser-Sandoval said.

She is now in private practice, mainly representing small-business

owners. She also sits as a judge pro tem, hearing small claims matters,

traffic trials and settlement conferences.

Geiser-Sandoval has also written a column for the Community Forum page

in the Daily Pilot called “Educationally Speaking.”