SACRAMENTO — Just in time for the 2012 election season, Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation aimed at protecting sitting judges from faux write-in campaigns.
Currently, someone can trigger a write-in election against an incumbent judge by collecting just 100 signatures — a fairly easy task, especially in counties with large populations. A write-in campaign may never materialize, but an incumbent judge can’t know that for certain. So he or she has to at least consider launching a campaign and raising money.
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