A Kern County judge has ruled against having a new election in the Greenfield Union School District Area C race. The decision follows a mistake by elections officials resulting in 67 ballots being cast illegally last November. Trustee Ricardo Herrera lost his reelection bid to Mercy Pena by eight votes. The judge ruled there is no evidence that either of the two candidates or their associates had any involvement in the error, and errors by the county were not the result of fraud or intentional violation of the law. Pena was seated in the post December 18.