At least 38 districts are requesting to place a referendum question on the ballot in November for one of three reasons allowed by state law.
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Former GOP Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, now an independent candidate for Indiana secretary of state, led the field in springtime fundraising, but Democrat Beau Bayh has far more cash on hand.
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The final outcome from the recount of what is now a three-vote margin in May’s Republican primary for a state Senate seat won’t be decided until at least the last days of July.
The report includes signatures from 70 of Indiana’s 92 counties.
Republicans enter this year’s elections with a 70-30 House majority, with Democrats aiming to pick up at least the four seats to break the supermajority.
The filings could shed light on how political partisanship affects school board races.
The 6-3 decision upends congressionally enacted limits on raising and spending money to influence elections.
In an close ruling, the justices turned aside a challenge by Republicans and Libertarians, who argued federal law preempts a statute that allows the counting of such ballots that arrive up to five days after polls close.
The president announced the signing ceremony was off as he fumed about the Senate not passing a separate bill to impose new rules on elections.
The Indianapolis Public Education Corp. voted unanimously to place an operating referendum on the ballot to raise $90 million annually.
The decision is a major legal setback for President Donald Trump in his efforts to use federal agencies for a nationwide crackdown on noncitizens on state voter rolls.
If the former Indianapolis mayor qualifies for the ballot under the “Lincoln Party” label, he’ll face Republican Max Engling, Democrat Beau Bayh and Libertarian Lauri Shillings.
Top Republicans turned on Secretary of State Diego Morales just weeks before the convention and pivoted to support Max Engling, a staffer for U.S. Sen. Jim Banks.
Candidates had until noon Thursday to be on the November ballot. This was the first time candidates could include their political affiliations.
Hamilton County officials have reported a page of 10 signatures submitted by a volunteer for Greg Ballard’s independent campaign for Indiana secretary of state as potentially fraudulent.
The former Indianapolis mayor’s campaign counts itself 2,000 signatures short ahead of June 30 deadline.
Indiana Republicans will be doing more this coming weekend than deciding a turbulent race for their secretary of state nomination.
Several Democrats have already lined up to run in the Indianapolis mayoral primary in less than a year.
State Sen. Liz Brown’s petition filed Wednesday with the Recount Commission seeks the recusal of Indianapolis attorney Paul Mullin from involvement in the recount.
School finance experts estimate 40 to 50 districts could ask voters to approve local property tax measures, driven by a series of changes to state law.
Voting rights advocates are seeking a preliminary injunction, arguing that the law unfairly forces burdens on naturalized citizens with temporary credentials.
It will be at least another month before the Indiana Recount Commission weighs in on what is now a three-vote Republican primary win by state Sen. Spencer Deery.
