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Vigo County Election Board removes candidate from precinct committeeman ballot after challenge
Summary
The Vigo County Election Board accepted a CAN 1 filing by Larry Garrett and voted to remove Eve Fredman Decro from the precinct committeeman ballot for failing to meet Indiana Democratic Party rule 8(c); the board clarified she will remain on the ballot for a separate state convention delegate race.
The Vigo County Election Board voted on Feb. 24, 2026, to accept a CAN 1 filing and remove Eve Fredman Decro from the ballot for precinct committeeman after finding she did not meet party eligibility rules.
Leanna Moore, secretary of the Vigo County Election Board, read the board's "Findings and Order," saying the matter came before the board at a hearing on 02/24/2026 and noting that "Larry Garrett timely filed a candidate filing challenge, CAN 1, pursuant to IC 3-8-1-2." Moore told the board, "It should say does not meet the requirements of Indiana Democratic Party rule 8 c." The board then moved and took a voice vote accepting the challenge.
President Jerry Arnold presided over the meeting and called for the motion; Secretary Moore seconded and the chair declared the challenge accepted. The record reflects a voice vote and the chair announced the candidate would be removed from the precinct committeeman ballot. The board referenced supporting documents for the record, including the filed challenge, the candidate's October declaration of candidacy, and the candidate's vote history from SDRS.
Elizabeth Stuyvesant, attending as a proxy, clarified an important limitation of the decision: the same person had also filed to run for state convention delegate and "that race was not challenged," so "she will remain on the ballot for that race," because the challenge period for that contest had ended.
Board business before and after the challenge was routine: the board approved minutes from its Jan. 30 meeting by voice vote and adjourned at 10:06 a.m. The challenger, Larry Garrett, was referenced in the board's findings but was not present at the meeting.
The board did not announce further procedural steps in the transcript, and the record does not show a separate appeal or rehearing schedule. The official Findings and Order read into the record lists the statutory citations the board relied on (IC 3-8-1-2 and related provisions) and Indiana Democratic Party rule 8(c) as the party rule at issue.
