Andrews v. Valdez

In Andrews v. Valdez (1995) 40 Cal.App.4th 492, the candidate listed her occupation as "administrative law judge." Even though there was no dispute that the candidate's occupation was "administrative law judge," appointed under the authority of the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, the Los Angeles County Registrar rejected the ballot designation. The trial court issued a peremptory writ of mandate directing the Registrar to accept the ballot designation of "administrative law judge." We affirmed: "A professional title authorized by statute, however, provides an objective standard that an election official may use as a basis for approving a ballot designation." (Id. at p. 495.)