Indiana
Complete coverage for Indiana can be found below. (Return to States List)
Information & Analysis
June, 2010
- IN Supreme Court upholds voter ID law (6/30/10)
January, 2010
September, 2009
November, 2008
- No New News on Indiana Voter Registration Suit (11/04/08)
- New Voter Suit in Indiana (11/04/08)
- Indiana SCt Permits Absentees to be Challenged (11/03/08)
- Indiana court bars challenges based on foreclosures and evictions (11/03/08)
October, 2008
- Indiana judge requires set aside of challenged absentee & early ballots (10/31/08)
- New Indiana Suit re: Absentee Ballots (10/30/08)
- Indiana court refuses to stay early voting - hearing scheduled for tomorrow (10/29/08)
- Indiana SCt Declines to Hear Early Voting Case (10/24/08)
- Indiana SCt Hears Early Voting Case (10/24/08)
- Indiana early voting proceeds at satellite sites while Lake County Republicans sue to close the sites (10/16/08)
May, 2008
- IN and NC Polling Hours Extended (5/06/08)
- EL@M Releases KQKS: Indiana (5/05/08)
April, 2008
September, 2007
July, 2007
January, 2007
- Indiana Voter ID Requirement Upheld (1/05/07)
Commentary
2008
- Judicial Review of Electoral Mechanics After Crawford (5/06/08)
- Crawford and the Amicus Court: Further Support for a Non-Partisan Advisory Tribunal (4/29/08)
- Crawford: It Could Have Been Worse (4/29/08)
- The Amicus Briefs in the Indiana Voter Identification Case: I read... so you don't have to (1/08/08)
News Wire
Election law news from across the country concerning Indiana
March, 2013
February, 2013
October, 2012
March, 2012
February, 2012
- Ousted Indiana elections chief White sentenced to 1 year of home detention in voter fraud case (2/24/12)
- Jury finds Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White guilty on 6 of 7 felony charges (2/06/12)
January, 2012
December, 2011
October, 2011
- Election law 'slipped by' GOP leadership (10/07/11)
April, 2011
- Supreme Court to decide if some criminals should get to vote (4/21/11)
- Senate OKs plan to alter election law (4/19/11)
- Legislative redistricting finalized (4/11/11)
November, 2010
- Few voting early at polls (11/02/10)
- 6:30 a.m.: No early problems as Election Day gets started (11/02/10)
September, 2010
- Lawmakers to fight for vote centers (9/16/10)
August, 2010
- Suit challenges jailed voter ban (8/19/10)
July, 2010
- Indiana Begins Online Voter Registration (7/06/10)
- Indiana Supreme Court upholds voter ID law (7/01/10)
June, 2010
- New Online Voter Registration Beginning July 1st (6/30/10)
- Critics of Ind. voter ID law seek Demo nomination (6/24/10)
- Online voter registration arrives July 1 (6/23/10)
May, 2010
- Provisional ballots won't count (5/15/10)
March, 2010
- Justices weigh burden of voter ID (3/04/10)
- Court set to hear voter ID arguments (3/03/10)
January, 2010
November, 2009
October, 2009
September, 2009
- Indiana voter ID law still stands for November election (9/25/09)
- After ruling, make voter ID law better (9/21/09)
- Daniels blasts court on voter ID decision (9/20/09)
- Indiana Court Strikes Down Voter ID Law (9/17/09)
- Indiana court strikes down tough voter ID law (9/17/09)
- Battle over voter ID law far from over (9/17/09)
- Voter ID decision resurrects debate (9/17/09)
July, 2009
- State is sued over voter registration (7/10/09)
June, 2009
- Thousands of voters removed from voting rolls (6/17/09)
- Indiana: Legal Fight in 2007 Mayoral Race Ends (6/02/09)
May, 2009
- Governor vetoes voting center bill, cites election fraud concerns (5/20/09)
- Daniels vetoes early voting bill sparked by Lake County dispute (5/12/09)
- Gov. Daniels rejects vote center bill (5/12/09)
April, 2009
- Secretary of State Rokita speaks to Rotary Club on election measures (4/23/09)
- Bill requires universities to offer voter registration during course enrollment (4/01/09)
March, 2009
- Voter ID bill sparks Local Controversy (3/30/09)
February, 2009
- Dems, GOP debate early voting models (2/24/09)
- Senate OKs bill for online Ind. voter registration (2/24/09)
- Voter I.D. law stalls in (2/24/09)
- Bill to expand Ind. voter ID law stalls in House (2/23/09)
- Panel would study moving Indiana's primary election (2/23/09)
- Panel OKs bill for online Ind. voter registration (2/16/09)
- Bill could allow Hoosiers to register to vote online (2/16/09)
- Election reform bill advances to Senate vote (2/10/09)
- Groups press FSSA to let clients register to vote (2/02/09)
- Groups press FSSA to let clients register to vote (2/02/09)
- Groups threaten suit over Indiana registration (2/02/09)
January, 2009
November, 2008
- Election lawsuits examined (11/23/08)
- Work continues on provisional ballots (11/13/08)
- Record number vote on Election Day (11/05/08)
- Clerk confronts late ballots (11/05/08)
- Indiana Republican Poll Workers Removed for Improper Vote Challenges (11/04/08)
- Indiana voters head to the polls (11/04/08)
- Appeals court likely to rule on challenged ballots (11/03/08)
- Judge rules for GOP on absentee ballots (11/01/08)
October, 2008
- Opinion: Fight over absentee ballots heats up (10/31/08)
- Opinion: Judge to hear ballot suit today (10/31/08)
- Lake County extends early voting hours (10/28/08)
- A divided Lake elections board extends clock on early voting (10/28/08)
- Justices send early voting suit to appeals court (10/25/08)
- Indiana judge allows early voting to go on (10/23/08)
- Opinion: Hundreds line up to vote early here (10/23/08)
- GOP appeals early voting centers (10/23/08)
- GOP to appeal judge's ruling on Lake County early voting sites (10/22/08)
- Judge: Lake County early voting sites to stay open (10/22/08)
- Judge tours early voting sites, anticipates ruling today (10/21/08)
- Early Voting Court Battle Goes to Indiana Supreme Court (10/17/08)
- Special judge appointed in early voting case (10/16/08)
- Judge opens early voting sites in Lake County (10/15/08)
- Ind. GOP warns disputed early votes may be tossed (10/15/08)
- Lawyer wants new judge in Lake early voting case (10/15/08)
- Judge orders early voting locations to open (10/14/08)
- Judge to rule on Lake Co. voting centers (10/13/08)
- Editorial: Safeguards at ballot box protect against fraud (10/13/08)
- Making every vote count, as many times as necessary (10/12/08)
- Thousands of voter registration forms faked, officials say (10/10/08)
- ACORN accused of voter registration fraud (10/10/08)
- Processing voter registrations not easy (10/09/08)
- Opinion: As voter registration rises, so do fears of fraud (10/09/08)
- Judge puts early voting in 3 Ind. cities on hold (10/08/08)
- Federal judge will decide Lake County voting sites (10/08/08)
- Judge orders opening of early voting sites despite hearing (10/07/08)
- County leasing extra voting machines for Election Day (10/02/08)
September, 2008
- GOP members say no to early vote satellites (9/24/08)
- Opinion: Campaign sign limits prompt lawsuit (9/17/08)
- Judge rejects Gary School Board election lawsuit (9/16/08)
- Editorial: Early voting center would encourage young voters (9/12/08)
August, 2008
July, 2008
- States weigh return to paper ballots (7/30/08)
Litigation
Active Cases
There are no active cases in Indiana that Election Law @ Moritz is covering at this time.
Archived Cases
- Brown v. Rokita (Voter Registration)
- Crawford v. Marion County Election Board (Voter ID)
- Curley v. Lake County Board of Elections (Voter Registration, Early Voting)
- League of Women Voters v. Rokita (Voter ID)
- NAACP v. Murphy (Voter Registration)
- Schoettle v. Marion County Board of elections (Absentee Ballots, Improper Election Administration)
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Commentary
Silence of the Lambs
Dale A. Oesterle
With the election of 2012 now well over and past the second inauguration of the incumbent President, the historical analysis of the events has begun and will last as long as written human history lasts. An interesting tidbit may already be lost to the majesty of the moment.
The voters of three very different states, Alaska, New Hampshire, and Ohio, all had an opportunity to call state constitutional conventions. In each state the voters turned the opportunity down by very similar votes, 68%, 64% and 68% respectively against.
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