Latest in Fight over 3-Vote Indiana Senate Race: Can State Supreme Court Still Act?

Can state Supreme Court still act in Indiana Senate race

The Indiana Supreme Court is weighing whether courts can still intervene in a Republican primary recount that gave President Donald Trump-endorsed challenger Paula Copenhaver a three-vote lead over state Sen. Spencer Deery, who opposed congressional redistricting.

Latest in fight over 3-vote Indiana Senate race: can state Supreme Court still act?

Sen. Spencer Deery, R-West Lafayette, and challenger Paula Copenhaver are candidates for the Republican nomination in Indiana Senate District 23. (Photos by Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle, courtesy of Copenhaver campaign)The Indiana Supreme Court is weighing whether courts can still intervene in a Republican primary recount that gave President Donald Trump-endorsed challenger Paula Copenhaver a three-vote lead over state Sen. Spencer …

Supreme Court Takes Deery’s Senate District 23 Recount Appeal, Sets Sept. 10 Argument

The Indiana Supreme Court agreed Monday to take State Sen. Spencer Deery’s appeal of the recount that cost him the Republican nomination in Senate District 23, granting immediate transfer hours after the last brief on the question was filed. The order, signed by Chief Justice Loretta Rush and filed at 3:34 p.m., grants Deery’s motion under Appellate Rule 56(A) and directs the clerk to assign a Supreme Court case number to be used for all filings…

Update: Indiana Supreme Court agrees to take appeal in flipped Senate District 23 recount

The Indiana Supreme Court will hear arguments Sept. 10 in state Sen. Spencer Deery’s appeal of Indiana Recount Commission decisions that discarded enough votes in the Senate District 23 Republican primary to swing a three-vote victory into a three-vote loss to challenger Paula Copenhaver.The Supreme Court granted an emergency transfer for the case Monday afternoon, a week after Deery, a West Lafayette Republican, asked the state’s high court to …