Comments on Advance Indiana™: Charlie White's Residency Issue Disconcerting

It would only make sense that Charlie would have b...

2010-10-15T16:57:32.424-05:00

It would only make sense that Charlie would have been too busy to change his voter registration or realize he had moved out of his district while back pedaling with his future wife as to why he moved in woih his ex-wife.

I know Charlie personally and he is a good guy. He...

2010-09-23T07:14:56.548-05:00

I know Charlie personally and he is a good guy. He is one of the better people I have met since I have been in politics. This story will have no affect on his SOS election. He will still beat VOP handedly.

Erin, The same would have been true of Patrice Abd...

2010-09-22T09:23:03.075-05:00

Erin, The same would have been true of Patrice Abduallah. He voted on the income tax increase, which passed by one vote, even though he never lived in his council district. Nobody took any action to nullify that vote.

I don't know if I've heard of White's ...

2010-09-22T08:59:20.459-05:00

I don't know if I've heard of White's name until now, and having the first impression be a negative piece doesn't help.

I don't know much about Vop Osili, the D candidate for SOS, but I at least know he's been hitting the ground running since his nomination.

Not a lot of choices, huh? At least if I vote for the Libertarian SOS, it'll help those guys keep ballot access. I don't know if much good can come from voting for Osili or White.

If I understand the residency requirement for the ...

2010-09-22T08:46:53.434-05:00

If I understand the residency requirement for the town council correctly, I believe his office was forfeited as soon as he moved outside of the district- not when he "realized" and resigned. Which means, again if I understand the law correctly, that his votes on the council were illegally cast/counted and may make anything he voted on challengeable simply by his participation. Since he was the council president and presumably set the vote agenda/called meetings to order/etc...couldn't this be a huge issue for any council business conducted by him illegally?

This is just from a reading of the residency statute itself, so I may be way off base in terms of the legal effect of his actions, but do you have any idea what the law is regarding his votes post forfeit of office?

Great! Vote for the Libertarian. I think they nee...

2010-09-22T07:32:39.676-05:00

Great! Vote for the Libertarian. I think they need at least 2% of the vote in order to keep ballot access in Indiana.