Awaiting a decision: State Supreme Court to decide whether to consider complicated city election ballot case

Awaiting a decision: State Supreme Court to decide whether to consider complicated city election ballot case

Attorneys representing both sides in the long-running legal battle over the validity of a Columbus City Council member’s candidacy in the 2023 municipal election say they are not sure how the Indiana Supreme Court will rule following oral arguments in the case this week. Continue reading at The Republic News.

Indiana Supreme Court considers messy Bartholomew County ballot debacle • Indiana Capital Chronicle

Indiana Supreme Court Justices, left to right, Geoffrey Slaughter, Mark Massa, Loretta Rush, Derek Molter, Christopher Goff (Supreme Court Flickr)A yearslong legal battle over a Columbus City Council member’s candidacy sparked a sharp exchange Thursday between Indiana’s Supreme Court justices and Bartholomew County Democratic Party Chair Ross Thomas. At issue in the underlying case was Thomas’ 2023 challenge against Republican Joseph “Jay” Foyst…