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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Ind. Gov't. - In Tippecanoe County, "Unopposed to remain off ballots for now"

So reports Amanda Hamon in this story in the Lafayette Journal-Courier that begins:

Despite opposition from local political leaders, county officials will enforce a new state law that removes the names of unopposed municipal candidates from ballots.

This morning, Tippecanoe County Election Board member Kent Moore brought a motion to include unopposed candidates on this November's ballots, despite the law enacted July 1 that removes them.

However, neither of the board's other two voting members seconded the motion, so a vote never came to pass.

For background, start with this ILB entry from Sept. 14th headed "Richmond Republicans and Democrats joined forces Thursday seeking to halt a revised state law that would leave unopposed candidates off the ballot this fall".

Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 20, 2011 01:04 PM
Posted to Indiana Government