Mann v. Superior Court

Opinion

PHILLIPS, J. *

Education Code section 5012 provides in part that “[n]o candidate whose declaration of candidacy has been filed for any school district or community college district governing board election or county board of education election may withdraw as a candidate after the 88th day prior to the election.” May a voter, invoking an Elections Code provision for correction of “an error or omission” on a ballot, compel removal of the name of a candidate on the sole ground that the candidate, notwithstanding Education Code section 5012, has purported to withdraw? We conclude that such…