A reader has sent this note: "Marion County Court orders LaPlante's name immediately on the ballot."
The background is here in this story from the Oct. 15th Indianapolis Star:
Republicans fired another legal shot Thursday in the battle over House District 46.There was a much longer story yesterday in the Terre Haute Tribune Star, that began:The state Republican Central Committee filed suit against Kristi Robertson, the Democratic co-director of the Indiana Election Division, because she wouldn't approve placing R. Brooks LaPlante on the ballot.
Rep. LaPlante, R-Terre Haute, decided earlier this year not to run again. But Republicans have picked LaPlante as their choice to replace Jeff Lee, who won the May primary but dropped out last month, saying he had moved out of the west-central Indiana district. Democrats maintain Lee hasn't really moved; they say it's a ploy to get LaPlante back on the ballot.
Now, the two directors of the Election Division -- Robertson and Republican Brad King -- can't agree whether LaPlante should be on the ballot. A court hearing is set for Tuesday in Marion County.
A Marion County judge says he will rule by no later than noon Thursday whether Brooks LaPlante will be listed as the Republican candidate on the Nov. 2 election ballot in the race for Indiana House District 46.Posted by Marcia Oddi at October 21, 2004 12:52 PMHowever, attorneys for the Indiana Democratic Party early today may file a motion challenging that judge's jurisdiction to hear the case.
Democrats may file that challenge before the Indiana Supreme Court, seeking a ruling over whether Marion County Superior Court Judge Gary L. Miller or Sullivan Superior Court Judge Tom Johnson has jurisdiction on the issue.