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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Law - New Kentucky Law Journal article addresses the issue of what body is to judge the Qualifications, Elections, and Returns of Members of the General Assembly
In this ILB entry from Feb. 3, 2007, the ILB noted the overlap between the state Rep. Ed Soliday election dispute in Indiana and the long-running disputed state Senate election in Kentucky. In both cases the issue was whether the apparent winning candidate met the district's residency requirements. The situation was highlighted in the Dana Stephenson dispute, because the question was whether she lived in Indiana at the time of her election to the Kentucky state senate.
For more on the Soliday dispute, see this list of ILB entries. For more on the Stephenson dispute, see this list.
In a 1/8/05, entry, the ILB wrote:
The impending standoff is between the Kentucky legislature and courts, involving a newly elected Kentucky state senator who may or may not have been a resident of Indiana and may or may not therefore be ineligible to take office. It is relevant not only because it involves a neighboring state, but because such election disputes can and have happened here in Indiana, and may occur again.Today The Kentucky Law Blog points to "an article in the most recent edition of the Kentucky Law Journal, released today. The article, titled The Legislative Privilege to Judge the Qualifications, Elections, and Returns of Members, examines the case of Stephenson v. Woodward."
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 28, 2007 09:20 AM
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