FORMER STOCKTON CITY Councilmember Ralph Lee White is suing the city and the San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters for damages after he was declared ineligible and then reinstated from the March primary ballot in an unsuccessful bid for his old council seat.
White, a longtime fixture of Stockton politics, did not initially make the primary ballot due to insufficient signatures. To run for City Council in the March primary, candidates had to turn in paperwork with at least 10 signatures by 5 p.m. on Dec. 8 of last year.
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