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Judge upholds Yuba gurdwara polls, Bains may go
WSN Network

YUBA CITY: In a sort of slight jolt for Yuba City gurdara president Didar Singh bains, a Sutter County Superior Court judge has upheld the Gurdwara elections, challenged over allegations that included two people in a voting booth at the same time.

"We're not here to impose our values on a religious organization," Judge Perry Parker said. Bains had challenged the poll results of Sept. 6-7 election at the Tierra Buena Road gurdwara but Parker said it's possible people, having failed to understand English, were being assisted by others, accounting for more than one person in a voting booth.

A total of 73 directors were elected last month. Their taking office in January is expected to end Bains' presidency.

Tejinder Dosanjh, who won election, welcomed the ruling. About 50 gurdwara members attended the Monday court hearing. Mark Steidlmayer, the attorney representing Bains in the challenge to the gurdwara vote, said of issues surrounding the September voting that "It's a matter of philosophy."

More than 3,000 people voted in the election.

29 October 2008
 

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