February 21, 2023 at 10:48 p.m.
Miller removed, Glessner will stay
Jay County Election Board
Miller removed, Glessner will stay
One candidate will be removed from the ballot. Another will stay.
Jay County Election Board during a hearing Tuesday upheld a challenge to the candidacy of Jacqueline Miller for the Republican nomination for Dunkirk City Council District 2.
The board denied a challenge to the candidacy of Alden Glessner for the GOP nomination for mayor of Dunkirk.
Indiana code requires that “the two most recent primary elections in Indiana in which the candidate voted were primary elections held by the party with which the candidate claims affiliation” or the county chairman certifies that the candidate is a member of the political party.
In both cases, Jay County Republican Chairman Jenae Blasdel indicated that she could not find records of the candidates having voted in a primary election.
Jay County clerk Jon Eads confirmed that his records show Miller has never voted in a primary election. Miller said she thought she had voted in a primary previously, but said she would not dispute Blasdel’s challenge.
Board members Dane Mumbower, Carmen Craig and Eads voted unanimously to uphold the challenge, thus removing Miller from the ballot.
That leaves no Republican candidates running for Dunkirk City Council District 2. Donna Revolt is uncontested for the seat in the Democratic primary. (Republicans will be able to fill the ballot vacancy after the primary.)
Eads said that while Glessner has no recent record of voting in primaries, he did vote as a Republican in both 2002 and 2004. Given that information, Eads said he felt Glessner met the requirements of Indiana Code and motioned that Blasdel’s challenge be denied.
Craig and Mumbower questioned the statute, wondering out loud if it requires a candidate to have voted in the two most recent primaries or simply to have chosen their party’s ballot in the last two primaries in which they had voted.
Craig ultimately seconded Eads’ motion and the board unanimously voted to deny Blasdel’s challenge, thus leaving Glessner on the ballot.
Glessner is running for the GOP nomination for Dunkirk mayor against Jay Miller. Incumbent Democrat Jack Robbins is unopposed.
Jay County Election Board during a hearing Tuesday upheld a challenge to the candidacy of Jacqueline Miller for the Republican nomination for Dunkirk City Council District 2.
The board denied a challenge to the candidacy of Alden Glessner for the GOP nomination for mayor of Dunkirk.
Indiana code requires that “the two most recent primary elections in Indiana in which the candidate voted were primary elections held by the party with which the candidate claims affiliation” or the county chairman certifies that the candidate is a member of the political party.
In both cases, Jay County Republican Chairman Jenae Blasdel indicated that she could not find records of the candidates having voted in a primary election.
Jay County clerk Jon Eads confirmed that his records show Miller has never voted in a primary election. Miller said she thought she had voted in a primary previously, but said she would not dispute Blasdel’s challenge.
Board members Dane Mumbower, Carmen Craig and Eads voted unanimously to uphold the challenge, thus removing Miller from the ballot.
That leaves no Republican candidates running for Dunkirk City Council District 2. Donna Revolt is uncontested for the seat in the Democratic primary. (Republicans will be able to fill the ballot vacancy after the primary.)
Eads said that while Glessner has no recent record of voting in primaries, he did vote as a Republican in both 2002 and 2004. Given that information, Eads said he felt Glessner met the requirements of Indiana Code and motioned that Blasdel’s challenge be denied.
Craig and Mumbower questioned the statute, wondering out loud if it requires a candidate to have voted in the two most recent primaries or simply to have chosen their party’s ballot in the last two primaries in which they had voted.
Craig ultimately seconded Eads’ motion and the board unanimously voted to deny Blasdel’s challenge, thus leaving Glessner on the ballot.
Glessner is running for the GOP nomination for Dunkirk mayor against Jay Miller. Incumbent Democrat Jack Robbins is unopposed.
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