UPDATE: LaPlante OFF ballot in 46th w00t!

[Johnny 99]

http://www.tribstar.com/articles/2004/10/27/news/news01.txt

Just heard it on the news tonight as well. Lee will be on it, the absentee ballots shouldn't be thrown out.

For a little background on this GOP-sponsored bullshit: http://www.tribstar.com/articles/2004/10/27/news/news02.txt

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1. It's not over yet....

http://www.tribstar.com/articles/2004/10/28/news/news02.txt

Judge rules Lee's withdrawal invalid

Dueling rulings set up another hearing in Court of Appeals

By Peter Ciancone/Tribune-Star

October 28, 2004

Republican House candidate Jeff Lee is back on the ballot.

Pending another Indiana Court of Appeals ruling, that is.

Sullivan County Judge Thomas Johnson ruled Wednesday that Lee's withdrawal from Indiana's District 46 House race is invalid because he had not made a change of address before submitting his second candidate withdrawal.

Johnson's ruling instructed the Indiana Election Division not to certify any other candidate, and instructed election boards in the four counties of the district -- Clay, Monroe, Owen and Vigo -- to leave Lee's name on the ballot, just days after they were ordered to replace him.

Johnson's decision conflicts with a Marion County Court order last week allowed Lee to be replaced on the ballot by incumbent Rep. Brooks LaPlante, a decision upheld Monday by the Indiana Court of Appeals.

The dueling rulings set up another hearing in the Indiana Court of Appeals.

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2. "Rep. LaPlante back on ballot"

http://www.indystar.com/articles/0/190268-5570-009.html

In yet another court decision about who should be on the ballot in Indiana House District 46, the Indiana Court of Appeals on Thursday vacated a Vigo County judge's order and paved the way for Rep. R. Brooks LaPlante to be Tuesday's Republican nominee.

Wednesday, a Vigo County judge declared that Jeff Lee, the winner of the May primary, didn't legally withdraw from the race and must stay on the ballot. But Thursday's unanimous appeals court ruling canceled that order.

That means an order from last week, issued by Marion Superior Court Judge Gary L. Miller, still stands. Miller ruled that LaPlante is the rightful candidate and should be on the ballot. Vern Tincher is the undisputed Democratic nominee. * * *

In its order, the appeals court said adequate remedies exist in the event LaPlante is wrongly placed on the ballot, but "there is no adequate remedy if he is wrongly kept off the ballot."