SAN DIEGO : Crane Pulls Spot on Ballot Out of Hat
A sixth candidate qualified for the ballot in the San Diego mayor’s race Wednesday when a Superior Court judge ruled that magician and part-time professor Loch David Crane had essentially complied with a signature-gathering requirement.
Crane, who has run in several elections since 1986, was disqualified March 11 when he failed to collect the signatures of 300 registered voters that is required to run for the office being vacated by Mayor Maureen O’Connor.
But Judge James Milliken ruled Wednesday that, because Crane was only 16 signatures short of the required total, he was in substantial compliance with the rule.
“I’m back from the dead, and just in time for Easter,” Crane said Wednesday.
Crane will join financier Tom Carter, County Supervisor Susan Golding, growth management advocate Peter Navarro, San Diego City Councilman Ron Roberts and accountant Bill Thomas on the ballot for the June 2 mayoral primary.
Printing of sample ballots, which will include Crane’s name, begins this weekend. The ballots will be mailed starting April 27, according to a city elections official.
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