Amy Rolfes

A complaint is pending in St. Joseph Superior Court but county Democratic Party Chair Don Westerhausen also has asked the Indiana Public Access Counselor whether Republican Clerk Amy Rolfes and Republican county election board chair John Jurgonski violated the state's Open Door Law when they told a deputy clerk to keep four Democrats off the ballot behind closed doors.

Indiana counties make early voting available for 28 days before Election Day. The online voter registration deadline is Monday night (Oct. 5) at midnight.

St. Joseph Superior Judge Jenny Pitts-Manier on Thursday ruled that Republican Election Board Chair John Jurgonski and Republican Clerk Amy Rolfes acted outside the law when they told a Rolfes staffer to keep four Democratic candidates off the Nov. 3 election ballot.

St. Joseph County Democratic Party Chair Don Westerhausen has gone to court to stop the Republican-run election board and clerk's office from keeping four Democratic candidates off the ballot over a candidate paperwork dispute.

St. Joseph County Democratic Party chair Don Westerhausen says Republicans are ignoring his lawsuit to get four Democratic candidates back on the Nov. 3 ballot, so on Thursday he filed an emergency motion asking Judge Jenny Pitts-Manier to hear the case.

St. Joseph County Democratic Party Chair Don Westerhausen filed suit Tuesday to force the county election board and clerk to place Democrats Autumn Kaylor, Dan Caruso, Marcy Kauffman and Christy Donlon on the Nov. 3 election ballot.

St. Joseph County Democratic Party Chair Don Westerhausen says if Republican County Clerk Amy Rolfes won't put four Democrats back on the ballot by Friday's statutory ballot certification deadline, he'll seek a court injunction.

St. Joseph County Democratic Party chair Don Westerhausen said Republican Clerk Amy Rolfes' staff told the five Democratic candidates that their paperwork was correct. He vowed to get them returned to the ballot for the Nov. 3 elections.

Indiana law prohibits campaigning for candidates within 50 feet of a polling place doors.

County Clerk Amy Rolfes on Friday announced that more than 500 signatures filed for Dean Phillips appear to not line up with prior voter rolls