Judge finds Grover Beach clerk illicitly rejected recall petitions

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo Supreme Court judge on Thursday found that Grover Beach City Clerk Wendi Sims violated the law in her rejection of recall

A San Luis Obispo Supreme Court judge on Thursday found that Grover Beach City Clerk Wendi Sims violated the law in her rejection of recall petitions for Mayor Karen Bright and councilmen Daniel Rushing and Zach Zimmerman.

While clerks have a ministerial duty to stop false or misleading information from the ballot, clerks need to file a legal challenge in court, according to Judge Craig van Rooyen’s ruling.veracity of statements in a recall petition, the city has a ministerial duty to approve, and allow circulation of, the April Recall Petition,” according to Judge van Rooyen. “It violated section 11042 when it failed to do so.

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