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02-14-2012, 12:50 PM
Four voters challenge Rick Santorum's place on Indiana ballot (http://www.indystar.com/article/20120213/NEWS05/202130346/Four-voters-challenge-Rick-Santorum-s-place-Indiana-ballot?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|IndyStar.com)
Four Hoosier voters have filed challenges seeking to have Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum removed from Indiana's May primary election ballot.
Santorum, a former senator from Pennsylvania, filed his candidacy last week even though he fell eight petition signatures short of meeting Indiana's ballot requirement. To be on Indiana's ballot, Republican and Democratic presidential candidates, as well as state candidates running statewide, must collect the signatures of 500 voters in each of the nine congressional districts. While Santorum's campaign said it collected more than the needed number in each district, Marion County voter registration officials say he fell eight short in the 7th District, which is entirely in Marion County.
Today, four voters -- Jerry Bickle of Columbia City, Philip A. Smith of Indianapolis, Reynaldo M. Farias of Noblesville and Christopher C. Watson of West Lafayette -- each filed challenges with the Indiana Election Division saying Santorum did not meet the state's ballot requirements and should not be on the May 8 ballot.
http://cmsimg.indystar.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=BG&Date=20120213&Category=NEWS05&ArtNo=202130346&Ref=AR&MaxW=640&Border=0&Four-voters-challenge-Rick-Santorum-s-place-Indiana-ballot
NOTE:
Registered voters in Indiana (any party) can file challenges to Santorum being on the primary ballot.
Fill out the Indiana CAN-1 Form (http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/CAN-1.pdf) and get it notarized. Then send it to:
Indiana Elections Division
302 West Washington Street
Room E-204
Indianapolis, IN 46204
OTHER USEFUL INFO:
Election Administrators Manual: (http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/2012_Election_Administrators_Manual_Draft_Final__1 1-16-11_.pdf)
Indiana Primary Filings (http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/2012_Primary_Election_Candidate_Abbreviated_List_F eb_10_3_PM.pdf)
Four Hoosier voters have filed challenges seeking to have Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum removed from Indiana's May primary election ballot.
Santorum, a former senator from Pennsylvania, filed his candidacy last week even though he fell eight petition signatures short of meeting Indiana's ballot requirement. To be on Indiana's ballot, Republican and Democratic presidential candidates, as well as state candidates running statewide, must collect the signatures of 500 voters in each of the nine congressional districts. While Santorum's campaign said it collected more than the needed number in each district, Marion County voter registration officials say he fell eight short in the 7th District, which is entirely in Marion County.
Today, four voters -- Jerry Bickle of Columbia City, Philip A. Smith of Indianapolis, Reynaldo M. Farias of Noblesville and Christopher C. Watson of West Lafayette -- each filed challenges with the Indiana Election Division saying Santorum did not meet the state's ballot requirements and should not be on the May 8 ballot.
http://cmsimg.indystar.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=BG&Date=20120213&Category=NEWS05&ArtNo=202130346&Ref=AR&MaxW=640&Border=0&Four-voters-challenge-Rick-Santorum-s-place-Indiana-ballot
NOTE:
Registered voters in Indiana (any party) can file challenges to Santorum being on the primary ballot.
Fill out the Indiana CAN-1 Form (http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/CAN-1.pdf) and get it notarized. Then send it to:
Indiana Elections Division
302 West Washington Street
Room E-204
Indianapolis, IN 46204
OTHER USEFUL INFO:
Election Administrators Manual: (http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/2012_Election_Administrators_Manual_Draft_Final__1 1-16-11_.pdf)
Indiana Primary Filings (http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/2012_Primary_Election_Candidate_Abbreviated_List_F eb_10_3_PM.pdf)