Jill Kennedy, an Individual and Qualified Elector, Plaintiff/appellee v. Joseph Lodge, an Individual, Real Party In…

Summary

The court affirmed the exclusion of Joseph Lodge from the election ballot because his nominating petitions did not identify the superior court division he sought. Although omitting the word "Judge" was not fatal because only one type of superior court office was being elected, omitting the division number was a material defect because multiple divisions were up for election. Extrinsic evidence that petition signers may have understood Lodge's intended division could not cure the defect.