Eyes on ballot box in San Luis candidate case
- San Luis asking candidate to prove English proficiency - Dec. 31, 2011
- Court battle shaping up over San Luis candidate’s eligibility - Jan. 6, 2012
- Candidate’s English fluency to be further tested - Jan. 13, 2012
- Attorneys: Fluency lawsuit infringes on candidate’s rights - Jan. 22, 2012
- San Luis candidate removed from ballot (with video from hearing) - Jan. 25, 2012
- Candidate confirms she will appeal decision removing her from ballot - Jan. 28, 2012
It will be interesting to see what comes out of a Superior Court order last week that a candidate for the city council in San Luis, Ariz., is not eligible to run in the election.
Attorneys for the would-be candidate, Alejandrina Cabrera, had argued that while state law requires officer holders in Arizona to know English, it doesn’t define what is or isn’t English proficiency.
Will Cabrera’s case have set the standards for proficiency for future cases likes her?
And will any or many voters in San Luis decide she has been made a martyr by the current members of the city council, which last month approved filing a special action in court to determine if Cabrera was eligible for the ballot?
If so, they may make their feelings known in March when they go to the polls, when some of the incumbent council members are up for re-election.
