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Monday, September 12, 2011
Ind. Courts - Still more on "Richmond Republicans and Democrats joined forces Thursday seeking to halt a revised state law that would leave unopposed candidates off the ballot this fall"
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 4th, Bill Engle reports today on the Richmond Pal-Item website:
The names of unopposed candidates will appear on election ballots in Richmond this fall following a decision today by a Wayne County judge.Wayne Superior Court No. 2 Judge Gregory Horn this morning granted an injunction stopping Wayne County Clerk Jo Ann Stewart from omitting the names of unopposed candidates from local ballots in the Nov. 8 election.
The injunction was filed in Wayne County last week in opposition to a new state law that orders county clerks to omit names of unopposed candidates in municipal elections. The Indiana Legislature passed the new law this year in an effort to save money in local elections. * * *
Horn also ruled that the plaintiffs -- the Wayne County Republican and Democratic parties, candidates Kelley Cruse-Nicholson and Clay Miller and voters Kaarin Lueck and Barbara Mays -- must put up $10,000 in security for payment of costs or damages incurred by any party because of the change.
Indiana Deputy Attorney General Andrew Glick said he had not seen the decision this morning and declined to say whether his office would appeal.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 12, 2011 08:16 PM
Posted to Ind. Trial Ct. Decisions