California Courts of Appeal
Apr. 13, 2012
Appeals court rules ballot language misleading
A 6th District Court of Appeal panel late Tuesday rejected as impermissibly partisan and misleading the ballot language on a controversial San Jose pension measure that would alter retirement benefits for city workers.
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Acting swiftly with a June 5 election nearing, a 6th District Court of Appeal panel late Tuesday rejected as impermissibly partisan and misleading the ballot language on a controversial San Jose pension measure that would alter retirement benefits for city workers.
The panel took only six days to partly reverse a trial judge and order the ballot title "Pension Reform" replaced with the more neutral "Pension Modification." Fu...
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