Comments on Advance Indiana™: Feeney-Ruiz To Oppose Vop Osili For Council Seat

Meant to say: "But I'm not so sure IC 3-...

2011-06-10T18:06:00.328-05:00

Meant to say:

"But I'm not so sure IC 3-13-1-7 would NOT apply ..."

Isn't Ruiz the one responsible for directing v...

2011-06-10T17:33:26.956-05:00

Isn't Ruiz the one responsible for directing voters to a phone sex line on primary day?

Gary, I'm reading over the statutes now. There...

2011-06-10T15:40:23.033-05:00

Gary, I'm reading over the statutes now. There is a lot of cross-referencing, but I'm not so sure what they did was right. You could read the statutes one way and say as long as they do it 30 days within the vacancy and more than 30 days from the geenral election the vacancy can be filled.

But I'm not so sure IC 3-13-1-7 would apply to a local race and that statute says it's 30 days of the vacancy and not later than June 30th.

With the poor drafting and the cross referencing, it's not black and white either way, at least as far as I can tell thus far.

It didn't work out that way in the last electi...

2011-06-10T15:18:41.976-05:00

It didn't work out that way in the last election in this district when Patrice Abduallah resigned in August and the Ds were allowed to put Carson on the November ballot despite the passage of the deadline.

I'm not 100% sure of this, but I think if Whit...

2011-06-10T15:10:57.677-05:00

I'm not 100% sure of this, but I think if White gets removed by the Election Commission near the 2011 general election, Vop Osili automatically becomes Secretary of State. The D's will be past the deadline to replace Vop Osili's place on the council ballot and Feeney-Ruiz wins by default.