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GOP suit says Jerry Brown doesn't meet candidacy requirements
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Oct 23, 2006 02:16pm |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Newspaper - San Jose Mercury News |
| News Date | Monday, October 23, 2006 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | SACRAMENTO - Republican officials filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to have Democrat Jerry Brown disqualified from the state attorney general race because he doesn't meet a basic requirement for the post. The Brown campaign dismissed the claims as baseless.
At issue is a requirement that candidates be admitted to practice before the state Supreme Court for at least five years immediately preceding the election.
According to the State Bar's Web site, Brown was admitted to the bar in 1965, went inactive in 1992, reactivated in 1996, went inactive again in 1997 and has been an active member from 2003 to the present.
Tom Del Beccaro, chairman of the Contra Costa County Republican Party and one of the filers of the suit in Sacramento County Superior Court, said that means Brown does not qualify. The lawsuit seeks a court order to stop county election officials from counting votes for Brown.
The Brown campaign called the suit frivolous, saying that whether Brown had active status or not is irrelevant since the switch requires only a request and payment of current fees. The only way for a lawyer to become ineligible to practice before the state Supreme Court is if he or she is suspended or disbarred, said Brown spokesman Ace Smith. |
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