On July 30, the Indianapolis Board of Elections refused to put John Schmitz on the ballot as an independent candidate for Mayor, because some of the people who signed his petition listed their current residence address, instead of the address listed on their voter registration form. See this story.
This guy has a good lawyer, Mark Small. He seems to have a case, where the names are right but the addresses are wrong. I don’t think it’s over, it just moves to court now.
Ye olde *substantial compliance* stuff — still around ???
OR DEAD – 100 pct MUST follow law – in election stuff esp.