Indiana Circuit Court Judges are elected on a partisan basis. Indiana holds its primary this year on May 4. Two candidates are on the Democratic ballot in Lake County for Circuit Court Judge. However, a lawsuit has been filed to remove one of them, Alex Dominguez, from the ballot, because he failed to sign his declaration of candidacy form. However, he did sign on the back of the form, in a space that asks the candidate to confirm awareness of the campaign finance laws. See this story in the Post-Tribune of Merrillville, Indiana.

Because the county probably wants to print the primary ballots very soon, this case will be decided quickly. Indiana does not permit write-ins in primaries, so if Dominguez is removed from the primary ballot, only one candidate will remain on the ballot, and he will be the nominee automatically.