On August 2, a local state court in Lake County, Indiana, restored Mark Herak to the November ballot. He is an incumbent member of the city council, running for re-election. This year he decided to run as an independent, under the label “Highland First Party.” The County Board of Elections removed him from the November 2007 ballot, even though his petition was sufficient, because Herak had voted in this year’s Republican primary. However, nothing in Indiana election law says an independent candidate must not have voted in a primary. There will probably be no appeal.