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Monday, June 01, 2009
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: Court of Appeals affirms Muncie Mayor Sharon McShurley's election
Updating this ILB entry from May 29th, which quoted a Muncie Star-Press editorial headlined "Please end this now, Jim," the Star-Press is now reporting "2007 mayoral race over; Mansfield ends appeals." Rick Yencer's brief report this afternoon begins:
Democrat James Mansfield won‘t appeal a recent court ruling upholding Republican Mayor Sharon McShurley’s November 2007 election as the city’s chief executive.“To continue the effort through the court system is likely to achieve similar results,” Mansfield said. “Therefore, I have decided not to appeal the ruling.”
The Indiana Court Appeals affirmed a trial court’s decision last week to deny Mansfield’s request for a special election for disenfranchised vpters in Precinct 46, where absentee ballots were disqualified.
The appeals court found that Mansfield never alleged any circumstance that made it impossible to determine who received the most legal votes.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 1, 2009 03:29 PM
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