Regent candidate gets to stay on ballot

Tuesday, July 28, 1998 | 5:12 a.m.

District Judge Mike Fondi said the law bars candidates who changed affiliations between last September and the mid-May close of filing. But he said Stalk changed parties in June, outside the no-changing period.

The attorney general's office had filed suit seeking to erase Stalk's name from the primary ballot, contending his switch from Democrat to Republican made him ineligible.

While unsuccessful in removing Stalk's name, the attorney general did manage in getting regent candidate Darryl Carr's name removed - because he had done time for selling drugs and didn't have his civil rights restored.

Stalk, Carr and three other candidates filed for the nonpartisan District 2, Subdistrict G regents' seat now held by Maddy Graves of Las Vegas, who isn't seeking re-election.

Stalk had argued the law restricting political party changes shouldn't apply in nonpartisan contests such as races for a seat on the regents' panel overseeing the University and Community College System of Nevada.

But the attorney general said the law didn't distinguish between partisan and nonpartisan races, and any change to the law would have to be made by the 1999 Legislature.