Pomona Unified board candidate identified two ways in sample ballot booklet

POMONA - Voters in the Pomona Unified School District may have noticed incumbent candidate Andrew Wong is identified two different ways in their sample ballot booklet.

The sample ballot lists Wong's ballot designation as "School Boardmember, Pomona Unified School District."

Several pages back, where his candidate statement appears, Wong's occupation is listed as "Teacher/School Boardmember."

During the summer three Pomona residents who are also teachers in the district along with the Associated Pomona Teachers objected to Wong's use of the term "teacher" in the designation.

Lawyers for the residents and associated Pomona Teachers filed court documents seeking a court order changing Wong's ballot designation.

They argued Wong's use of the term teacher was misleading because he is employed as an attorney.

Wong has said his job involves teaching since he provides continuing education to other lawyers in his firm.

In September as the deadline for printing ballots approached, lawyers for Wong, the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder County Clerk and the three Pomona residents went before Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Chalfant.

Chalfant ordered the ballot designation to read "School Boardmember, Pomona Unified School District."

With the judge settling the matter how is it that Wong is listed both ways in the booklet?

The two designations appear in the sample ballot because the challenge only involved the ballot designation and not all references, said Eileen Shea, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.