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Indiana Supreme Court Orders Spencer Deery Recertified in Three‑Vote Primary

The court said clerical errors by election workers, not voter fraud, cannot be used to throw out ballots and it directed counties to resume absentee mailings by Sept. 19 with early voting to begin Oct. 6.

Paula Copenhaver; Spencer Deery.
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Overview

  • The court reversed the Indiana Recount Commission and ordered recertification of the District 23 Republican primary so Spencer Deery leads 6,335 to 6,332.
  • The dispute turned on six ballots cast for Deery that county workers failed to stamp or sign, four mailed absentee and two cast during in‑person early voting.
  • The Recount Commission’s two Republican members, Secretary of State Diego Morales and attorney Paul Mullin, had voted to disallow those six ballots in a series of 2‑1 votes.
  • The ruling, issued Thursday after oral arguments, takes effect immediately, lifts the stay that froze general‑election ballot work, and the court said a full written opinion will follow.
  • Deery will appear on the November ballot against Democrat David Sanders and independent Joshua Brant, and the case has renewed calls for the legislature to tighten rules so clerical mistakes do not disenfranchise voters.