河滨县司法候选人诉县政府：初选选票头衔印错一词，索赔逾22万美元
据内陆帝国法律新闻（IELaw News）10月24日报道，河滨县高等法院法官候选人 Michelle Paradise 已于8月31日起诉河滨县政府及县方外聘律师 Dale Larson，指控对方在一封电邮中把她经法院裁定的初选选票头衔写错、多加了一个“of”，最终印上选票的头衔成为“Attorney / Assistant County of Executive Officer, County of Riverside”，语义不通、不对应任何真实政府职位；她索赔至少222,831美元（约22.28万美元）。
背景是：Paradise 原拟以“Attorney/Justice Executive”作为选票头衔，当地居民 Candalon Doss 提出异议，河滨县县政顾问办公室聘请 Strumwasser & Woocher 律所的 Larson 应诉。河滨县高等法院法官 O.G. Magno 于4月2日裁定，头衔应改为“Attorney/Assistant County Executive Officer, County of Riverside”。诉状称，Larson 当天上午先向县选民登记处用电邮发出正确版本，8小时后又发出带错字的第二封电邮，且只附了一份未经认证的会议记录；登记处没有拿法院正式裁定核对，就采用了第二封电邮的版本，而当时距离选票付印截止仅剩5天。
Paradise 在初选中以207,984票居首、晋级11月决选，但距直接当选所需的过半门槛还差28,133票（约6%）。诉状称，错版头衔迫使她多打5个月选战、多支出约173,000美元决选费用；连同初选支出42,331美元与要求退还的7,500美元候选人声明费，索赔至少222,831美元，另要求法庭裁定其他支出与损失。诉状提出的诉因包括律师执业渎职、选举渎职与对外聘律师监管疏忽；Paradise 由洛杉矶 Oakwood Legal Group 的律师 Elan Zektser 代理，案件编号 CVRI2605667，案件管理会议定于明年3月10日举行。
河滨县发言人 Brooke Federico 表示，县政府已收到诉状、正在审阅以决定下一步；据河滨县高等法院案件系统记录，县政府与 Larson 尚未被正式送达、也尚未提交答辩。以上为诉状一方的主张与县方的初步回应，法院尚未就此作出实体裁决。
来源：GSM·美国
Riverside County Judicial Candidate Sues County Over One-Word Ballot-Title Typo, Seeking More Than $222,000
A Riverside County Superior Court judicial candidate, Michelle Paradise, sued Riverside County and the county's outside counsel Dale Larson on August 31, alleging that a typo inserted into her court-ordered primary ballot designation — an extra “of” — left her printed title reading “Attorney / Assistant County of Executive Officer, County of Riverside,” a nonsensical title matching no real government position, according to IELaw News on October 24. She is seeking at least $222,831.
Paradise had originally filed to run as “Attorney/Justice Executive.” Riverside resident Candalon Doss challenged the designation, and the County Counsel's office hired Larson, of Strumwasser & Woocher, to defend the challenge. On April 2, Riverside County Superior Court Judge O.G. Magno ordered the designation changed to “Attorney/Assistant County Executive Officer, County of Riverside.” The complaint says Larson emailed the correct designation to the Registrar of Voters that morning, then sent a second email eight hours later containing the typo, attaching only an uncertified minute order; the Registrar adopted the second version without verifying it against the court's actual order, with the ballot printing deadline only five days away.
Paradise finished first in the primary with 207,984 votes and advanced to the November runoff, but fell 28,133 votes — about 6 percent — short of the majority needed to win outright. The complaint says the wrong designation forced five additional months of campaigning costing about $173,000; together with $42,331 in primary expenditures and a $7,500 refund of her ballot-statement fee, she seeks at least $222,831, plus further amounts to be decided at trial. Her claims include legal malpractice, election malpractice and negligent supervision of outside counsel. She is represented by Elan Zektser of Los Angeles' Oakwood Legal Group. The case is CVRI2605667, with a case management conference scheduled for March 10.
Riverside County spokesperson Brooke Federico said the county has received the lawsuit and is reviewing it to determine next steps; court records show the county and Larson have not yet been served and no response has been filed. The above reflects the complaint's allegations and the county's initial response; the court has made no ruling on the merits.
Source: GSM · America
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图片来源：图：河滨县法院大楼（Riverside County Court House）夜景。照片：Norarobless，CC BY-SA 3.0，取自 Wikimedia Commons。The Riverside County Court House at night. Photo: Norarobless, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
