Criminal grand jury an unusual step to take in election violations, experts say

Even a big-city elections authority and a prominent ethics
scholar are amazed at what’s going on in little-old San Benito
County.
Even a big-city elections authority and a prominent ethics scholar are amazed at what’s going on in little-old San Benito County.

The chairman of the San Jose Elections Commission, Tom Mertens, and a senior fellow on government ethics at Santa Clara University, Judy Nadler, talked this week about the local scandal surrounding the District 5 supervisor’s race.