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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Ind. Courts - Continuing with "Judicial candidate's registration in question"
The most recent ILB entry on this issue was July 20th, quoting Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal, who wrote:
A squabble over who should be on the ballot in the race for Clark Circuit Court judge has presented a new test for a state election agency that critics say is set up to fail because of its partisan makeup.Today Ben Zion Hershberg of the LCJ reports in a story that begins:
The Indiana Election Commission has scheduled a hearing Friday in Indianapolis to review the nominations for Clark Circuit Court judge.At issue is whether Democrat Dan Moore and Republican Abraham Navarro were properly nominated and can be certified for listing on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Moore said yesterday that he hopes the commission will conclude that both candidates qualify for the ballot.
"I think that's the fair thing to do," said Moore, who was chosen at a June 17 Democratic caucus to seek the seat of former Judge Daniel Donahue, who resigned effective June 1.
But attorney Larry Wilder, who is representing Navarro, said only his client and the Clark County GOP followed the nomination rules, while Moore and the Democrats did not.
"The fair thing is for people to follow the rules," Wilder said.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 29, 2008 08:32 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts