SACRAMENTO — State lawmakers today sent Gov. Jerry Brown a bill that would make it tougher to challenge sitting judges with write-in campaigns, a change that proponents say will discourage election-related mischief.
Sponsored by the California Judges Association, AB 362 would require anyone considering mounting a write-in campaign against an incumbent judge to gather up to 600 signatures. The bigger the county, the more signatures a challenger would need.
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