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Friday, August 01, 2008
Ind. Courts - Still continuing with "Judicial candidate's registration in question"
Updating this ILB entry from July 29th, on the upcoming Indiana Election Commission hearing Friday in Indianapolis (set for today) to review the nominations for Clark Circuit Court judge, Ben Zion Hershberg reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:
A Democratic precinct committeeman in Clark County is circulating a petition asking the Indiana Election Commission to give the Republican and Democratic candidates for Circuit Court judge 30 more days to properly file their nominating documents.Edward Culpepper Cooper said he decided to circulate the petition because of strong support for Democratic candidate Dan Moore at the party caucus in June, and he wanted the commission to know how people felt.
"We're asking them to allow both people to be on the ballot" because the voters deserve to choose, Cooper said yesterday.
The commission, which oversees state election procedures, is to hold a hearing today in Indianapolis to consider questions that have been raised about both parties' judicial nominees. * * *
David Buskill, the Clark County Republican chairman, said he doesn't believe the petition will have an impact on the commission's decision.
"The law will determine the decision," he said, adding that he believes Navarro was nominated properly.
Leslie Barnes, the Democratic co-general counsel of the election division that advises the commission, said she wasn't aware of the commission ever extending a filing deadline for nomination documents.
The deadline for the Nov. 4 general election was noon July 3.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 1, 2008 10:08 AM
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