Do It Again
A Marion County Judge today said a Democratic challenge to Republican Secretary of State Charlie White’s eligibility to serve can go forward, however that challenge must be made with the Indiana Recount Commission.
Democrats say since White voted from his ex-wife’s address and did not live there, he was not a legally registered voter when he filed for Secretary of State and therefore should not have been on the ballot. They say Vop Osili, the Democrat who lost, should get the position. That argument was dismissed by the Commission. White has since then been criminally charged with several counts of voter fraud.
What makes all this interesting is that Secretary of State, White is the Chairman of the Recount Commission. Conventional wisdom says he would recuse himself and a replacement would be picked by Eric Holcomb, the Chairman of the Indiana Republican Party.
There’s no word on how soon the Commission will hear the case, however Judge Rosenberg did say the matter should be resolved as soon as possible. I’ve embedded the opinion below.
Judge Louis Rosenberg
