Robin Lowe has been allowed onto the June Primary ballot for the 65th Assembly District, a campaign spokesman has confirmed. The Republican Mayor of Hemet prevailed in Sacramento Superior Court today after having been disqualified from the ballot by the Riverside County Registrar of Voters for insufficient signatures. Read previous coverage here.
According to Lowe consultant Jim Nygren, four voters who had been deemed ineligible to sign nomination papers by the Riverside registrar were technically still legally registered to vote in the district even though they signed the papers using a new address. "They could have voted in their old precincts," said Nygren, adding, "I’ve been through a similar drill before."
The candidate was in court for today’s proceedings. Nygren said while the fight to get on the ballot was admittedly a distraction, Lowe never stopped campaigning. "We always thought she’d end up on the ballot," Nygren said.