from hotair
“Ed,
I worked on getting McCain on the ballot in Indiana for the 2008 primary. I can tell you there it will be very very difficult to get this done in a few days. It took considerable resources for the campaign to get on the ballot there and we allocated a few months to do it. Even with having three full time staffers on it for several weeks, we barely made it. The signatures also need to be filed in each county’s election board of elections offices. Those are closed today. I don’t even know if they have the ability to get the hard copies of the petitions due to the holiday.
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http://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/15/breaking-bayh-will-retire/
they will have to use the caucus process IF Indiana allows it.
“The signatures also need to be filed in each county’s election board of elections offices.”
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“In order to file for the Republican or Democratic primaries in Indiana, set for May 4, 2010, a candidate needs to deliver a petition containing at least 4,500 signatures including at least 500 signatures form each of the state’s nine congressional districts. According to the Indiana Secretary of State’s candidate handbook, those petitions can be delivered no later than tomorrow at noon local time.
“It appears unlikely that any minor Democratic candidate is likely to have acquired the necessary signatures by tomorrow’s deadline, leaving the Democratic primary ballot vacant for U.S. Senate.
One Democratic official said the state party will lean on a provision in state law that allows party leaders to select a candidate on their own in the case of a vacancy on a major-party line. Possible candidates include Democratic Reps. Baron Hill and Brad Ellsworth.”
I’m not sure if this clears up anything, but here it is for what it’s worth, from ABC News.
Indiana does NOT have caucus.