Sonoma County child care tax campaign files suit seeking election law exception

In a bid to revive their derailed bid to qualify for the Sonoma County ballot, organizers behind a proposed tax measure to support child care services are asking the courts to grant an exception to state election law. In a lawsuit filed in Sonoma County Superior Court, the Our Kids Our Future campaign requested the court allow them 27 days to collect voter signatures and recoup the irregular ones invalidated by the county Registrar of Voters in July. Campaigns have 180 days to collect enough voter signatures to qualify for...