Last night at the OC GOP Central Committee meeting, Michael Schroeder (pictured left) announced that he and fellow attorney Steve Baric is suing Debbie Cook over her use of this ballot title: "Mayor, City of Huntington Beach".  For those that may not know, Cook is running against incumbent Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher in the November General Election.

Schroeder has a legal ground in his challenge because voters in Huntington Beach does not directly elect their Mayor.  The City Council Members rotate that position among themselves on an annual basis.  So if the Mayorship is not an elected post, Cook shouldn't be able to use that as her ballot designation.  She can use "Council Member, City of Huntington Beach", but not Mayor.

Personally I heard someone brought this up to one of the gal working at the OC Registrar of Voters and she said the issue will be forwarded to the Secretary of State's Office for review.  Considering that the Secretary of State is a partisan Democrat, I'm glad Schroeder and Baric are taking it upon themselves to make sure Debbie Cook does not pull a fast one on us.