On March 6, the Indiana legislature passed SB 233, which mostly reverses last year’s law on the subject of one-candidate elections. Last year the legislature passed a bill that removes local offices from the general election ballot when only one candidate filed. That law turned out to be unpopular.

SB 233 says that all offices will be on the ballot, even if there is only one person running, unless the local election board rules unanimously against putting such an office on the ballot.